Restoring the Urban Forest Ecosystem (0897-50-G-44)

Restoration publications for natural resource managers and their communities.

Urban and community forests are often managed as individual trees instead of whole forest ecosystems. Yet, there are many opportunities for urban forest restoration to provide ecological benefits such as storm-water management, wildlife management, and biodiversity. We propose a CD-ROM containing ten extension publications, covering the areas of basic ecological principles, biodiversity, plant succession and disturbances, hydrology, site assessment and soil improvement,wildlife, invasive plants and development of a restoration plan. The primary audience for the CD-ROM will be natural resource managers working in urban and community forests. Yet, it can also be used as educational tools for gaining community support. Our objective is to improve the health and productivity of urban forests in the U.S. by providing public and resource managers with the skills, knowledge and methodology to restore urban forest ecosystems in their communities.

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