Urban Forestry Resource Links

Washington, DC
Information from the District’s Urban Forestry Administration:
  - General information
 - Street tree planting information
  - Casey Trees CTP program (PDF format)
 - Green Grants program
  - DC street tree service requests

or contact the UFA by phone: (202) 727-1000

Local Organizations and Resources:
   - DC Schoolyard Greening Consortium
   - Religious Partnerships for the Anacostia  
   - DC Greenworks
   - Earth Conservation Corps
   - Green Spaces for DC
   - Washington Parks and People
   - National Capital Area Federation of Garden Clubs
   - UDC Cooperative Extension Service
   - DC Gardening News

Reports on tree cover and its value in Washington, DC:
   - American Forests’ Metropolitan–area analysis,
     February 2002, co-sponsored by Casey Trees
   - American Forests’ Urban Ecosystem Analysis, Nov. 1999

Social Benefits of Trees:
   - For children
   - For communities
   - For girls
   - For kids with concentration problems

Environmental Benefits of Trees:
   - Trees and Parking Lots
   - Trees and Air Quality
   - Research: Trees reduce traffic accidents

Tree Identification
   - What Tree is That?

How to Plant a Tree
- Right Tree, Right Place, Right at Home
- Planting tutorial
- Printable tree planting PDF

Tree Care
   - Selecting, planting and caring for trees
   - Care and maintenance resources
   - Brochures on insect and disease problems,
     tree care, selecting and buying trees, and more
   - Avoiding tree damage during contstruction
   - Backyard conservation

Information for Children and Youth
   - Kids corner, links to materials and activities from TreeLink
   - The Forest Where Ashley Lives (book)
   - Treetures, a community of tree-loving nature characters
   - Eagle Eye Institute, Somerville, MA; urban
    environmental programs for youth of color

National and Regional Organizations and Agencies
   - TreeLink.org, a resource with links to innovative
     programs, fact sheets, local and national resources,
     research, and non-profit organizations
  - Treesearch, a new database that allows access to Forest
     Service research publications online.
   - National Alliance for Community Trees
   - Earthworks
   - USDA Urban and Community Forestry
   - Northeast region
   - Southern Center for Urban Forestry Research
   - American Forests
   - National Tree Trust
   - National Arbor Day Foundation
   - US National Arboretum
   - Green Infrastructure planning and conservation resource
   - Low Impact Development Center
   - Center for Watershed Protection
   - Urban Forestry at the Metropolitan Washington
      Council of Governments (COG)

Locating a Certified Arborist
   - American Society of Consulting Arborists
   - International Society of Arboriculture

Research Centers and Resources
   - University of Illinois Human-Environment
     Research Laboratory
   - University of Washington, Human Dimensions of
     Urban Forestry and Urban Regreening
   - USFS Regional Urban Forestry Resources Center
     for Urban Forestry Research
   - Urban Forest Ecosystems Institute,
     Cal Poly State University
   - Southern University National Urban Forestry Initiative,
     Baton Rouge
   - University of Minnesota urban forestry bibliography

Urban Forestry Guides and Assessments
   - Urban Tree Risk Management: A Community Guide to
     Program Design and Implementation.
     An illustrated training manual for improving public
     safety and protecting tree health by assisting
     communities to design, adopt, and implement tree
     risk management programs, and to train field staff
     to detect, assess, and correct hazardous defects
     in urban trees.
   - Connecting People With Ecosystems in the 21st
     Century: An Assessment of our Nation’s Urban Forests
     The first national assessment of urban forest resources
     in the United States; USDA-Forest Service, 2000.