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- San Francisco Urban Forest Mapping Project
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A partnership effort between Friends of the Urban Forest, the City and County of San Francisco, and Autodesk.
Read More... - Virtual World: The New Suburb?
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New urbanism is meant to save open space, reduce car dependence and pollution, and tighten community ties. How? Enter this virtual suburb to see how a new urbanist might make his or her case.
Read More... - Austin Climate Protection Program
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The City of Austin, TX Climate Protection Program website outlines the City's commitment to making Austin the leading city in the nation in the fight against climate change. It provides information to its citizens regarding ways they can reduce carbon emissions.
Read More... - Climate Change Resource Center
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The Climate Change Resource Center (CCRC) is a reference Web site for resource managers and decisionmakers who need information and tools to address climate change in planning and project implementation on lands in the West.
Read More... - Urban Forest Project Reporting Protocol
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The Urban Forest Protocol is a sector-specific greenhouse gas (GHG) project protocol that provides guidance to account for real, additional, and credible GHG reductions from urban tree planting projects for registration in the Climate Action Reserve. The draft protocol provides eligibility rules, methods to calculate reductions, performance-monitoring instructions, and procedures for reporting project information.
Read More... - Chesapeake Stormwater Network
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The Chesapeake Stormwater Network advocates for reform of federal, state and local laws, permits, regulations and design manuals to promote more sustainable stormwater management in the Chesapeake Bay.
Read More... - Grayson LandCare
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Read More... - Tree Protection Standards in Construction Sites
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This guide and checklist is designed to give contractors step-by-step instructions about how to protect trees during construction
Read More... - Tree and Neighbor Law
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Consulting services and information on tree law and neighbor law issues as well as subscription services with the most comprehensive database of arboriculture law decisions in the country.
Read More... - Urban Forest Strike Team
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Website to support Urban Forest Strike Teams (UFST) in the southern region.
Read More... - Sustainable Development of Forestlands Project
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A Virginia Tech project to look at sustainable approaches to development.
Read More... - The Natural Inquirer
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Read More... - Emerald Ash Borer Programs
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This link to the USDA APHIS website, presents various publications regarding EAB eradication programs in the United States.
Read More... - Associations of neighbourhood greenness with physical and mental health: do walking, social coherence and local social interaction explain the relationships?
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A mailed-survey study was conducted to examine associations of perceived neighbourhood "greenness" with perceived physical and mental health and to investigate whether walking and social factors account for the relationships.
Read More... - Florida's Urban and Urbanizing Forests - January 2008
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This quarterly newsletter highlights the research, teaching, and extension projects of the Urban and Urbanizing Forests Program in the School of Forest Resources and Conservation, IFAS/UF.
Read More... - Urban and Urbanizing Forests Program - Univ. of Florida (IFAS) Website
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This website, maintained by the University of Florida (IFAS), outlines their urban forest program objectives, research, extension efforts, events, and resources.
Read More... - Florida's Urban and Urbanizing Forests - May 2008
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This quarterly newsletter highlights the research, teaching, and extension projects of the Urban and Urbanizing Forests Program in the School of Forest Resources and Conservation, IFAS/UF.
Read More... - The Greening of America
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Large cities are calling for more tree planting to combat global climate change, but many are finding that there may not be enough room to put as many as they would like.
Read More... - Writing Good Pruning Specifications
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Florida ISA website featuring pruning guidelines developed by Dr. Ed Gilman.
Read More... - Woody Ornamentals
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Dr. Ed Gilman's website at the University of Florida.
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