State of Urban Forestry in the South: Final Report

"A survey of municipal urban forestry professionals was conducted in the 13 states in the United States Forest Service (USFS) Southern region by Dr. W. Todd Watson, Assistant Professor of Urban and Community Forestry at Texas A&M University.

Funds were provided by the Southern Region of the USFS to help it meet part of its mission “to promote conservation and management of forests and related natural resources in cities, with a focus on obtaining the highest social, environmental, psychological, and economic benefit.” The goal of this research was to compare findings with US Census Bureau data and previous surveys by Michigan State University (Giedraitis, J. and J. Kielbaso. 1980. Municipal Tree Management, Urban Data Service Reports, Vol. 14 No. 1 (Washington, DC: International City Management Association, January 1982)) and The Davey Tree Expert Company (Tschantz, B. and P. Sacamano. 1994. Municipal Tree Management in the United States: A 1994 Report, Davey Resource Group and Community Research Associates, Inc., 1994) to identify trends and emerging issues in the South." [Introduction]

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