Resources
By Amy Nelson
Work by Featured Experts & Organizations
Alliance for Community Trees
(See Member Directory for local Tree organizations in the U.S.)
The Baltimore School of Urban Ecology
Bill Burch
National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC)
Society of Municipal Arborists
USDA Forest Service, Urban and Community Forestry Program
Urban Forests: A Natural History of Trees and People in the American Cityscape by Jill Jonnes
Other Publications
Stormwater Trees: Technical Memorandum (US EPA)
Tree Hardiness Zones – Adaptation of Urban Trees to Changing Climate Conditions
Urban Forestry Emergency Operations Planning Guide for Storm Response
Watershed Forestry Resource Guide (Center for Watershed Protection & U.S. Forest Service)
Websites
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
International Society of Arboriculture
Sustainable Urban Forests Coalition
The Nature Conservancy, Urban Trees
US Forest Service’s Baltimore Field Station
US Forest Service’s Chicago Field Station
US Forest Service’s New York City Urban Field Station
US Forest Service’s Philadelphia Field Station
US Forest Service Urban Natural Resources Stewardship
Resources Related to Urban Wildlife
Urban Wildlife Conservation Workshops
Forest Service Urban Research Areas
Forests on the Edge, by the US Forest Service
Lincoln Park Zoo Urban Wildlife Institute
“Why Study Urban Wildlife,” Seth Magle
Coyotes and other urban wildlife
Urban Biodiversity – a wealth of species in our cities
