Tree Topics

Tree Care    Tree Watering    Tree Canopy   Tree Benefits   Climate Action and Trees   Stormwater and Streets     Pests of Trees and Palms       Trees in Schoolyards    Trees and Wildfire

Associations

• Tree Care Industry Association
• Professional Tree Care Association
• Society of Municipal Arborists
• Utility Arborist Association
• The National Arbor Day Foundation
• Tree People   (Los Angeles area)
• California Urban Forests Council
• International Society of Arboriculture
• Society of American Foresters

Funding and Grants

• CAL FIRE  California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, Urban Forestry Grants
• California ReLeaf
• National Urban Forestry Advisory Council

Tools

• i-tree – Tools for assessing and managing the community forest.  i-tree 3.0 provides significant program updates and is now available.
• The Urban Forest Management Plan (UFMP) – Toolkit is a free resource that has been designed for anyone managing a large population of trees in or near urban areas. The UFMP Toolkit is intended to help urban forest managers develop management plans that are appropriate for their urban forests.
• SelecTree – Developed by Cal-Poly San Luis Obispo, a great resource for learning about thousands of trees in our area.
• Tree Benefit Calculator – Developed through a partnership with Casey Trees and the Davey Tree Expert Company, the National Tree Benefit Calculator allows anyone to make a simple estimation of the benefits individual street trees provide.  The calculator is based on information provided by i-tree’s i-street (formerly STRATUM) application.
• ecoSmart – ecoSmart is a Web-based software program designed to evaluate the economic trade-offs between different landscape practices on residential parcels. The program estimates the impacts of strategic tree placement, rainfall management, and fire prevention practices.
• Ask The Expert – A collection of FAQ’s, expert video resources, and electronic tree and landscape cart tips an alerts from one of our partners, The Davey Tree Expert Company.
• Don’t move firewood – buy where you burn.
• Human Dimensions of Urban Forestry and Urban Greening – Kathleen Wolf’s University of Washington site presents a collection of publications and presentations on the benefits of trees and the urban forest.
• ISA public education and outreach presentations- Free Power Point presentations available for download. Must be an ISA credential holder with username and password to the ISA Website. Download by logging in here.
• Trees are good
• Tree Link
• USFS Urban Forestry Website
• USFS Pacific NW Station_Research Urban Forestry