Virtual Library: Forestry

Urban Forestry

Urban forestry

Databases

• Urban Forestry Bibliography + Search (University of Minnesota)
  • Urban Forestry Bibliography 1982 - present
  • Indexes publications relating to the history of urban forestry; urban forest legislation; the benefits of urban forests; selection and planting of trees; maintenance of the urban forest; planning and management; and urban forestry programs.

• Urban Forestry Bibliography (Michigan State University).
  • The data base contains citations related to urban forestry. PLEASE NOTE - MSUE provides this list as a bibliograpy only. Check with your library to obtain copies of articles cited.
  • To use the data base, click on a letter to bring up a list of keywords that begin with that letter. Related topics will be listed under each keyword. Click on the topic to retrieve the associated information. You may also use the keyword search option.

• Urban and Community Forestry (USDA Forest Service, St. Paul Field Office).
  • Publications and Information

Links

• Forest ReLeaf of Missouri
  • Non-profit agency dedicated to urban and community reforestation and tree care.
  • Document owner/maintainer: Sue Nickler
• Sustainable Urban Landscape Information Series (SULIS) (University of Minnesota / Department of Horticultural Science / College of Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Sciences)
  • Guide to designing, creating, and maintaining sustainable urban landscapes. Aimed at both the public and the horticulture/ landscape industry, the site is composed of four main sections.
  • The goal of the SULIS is to provide sustainable landscape information to the public and to the horticulture/landscape industry. By utilizing SULIS concepts, homeowners, business owners and related industry personnel will be able to create outdoor spaces that are functional, maintainable, environmentally sound, cost effective and aesthetically pleasing.
• StudyWeb®: Agriculture:Urban Forestry
• The Benefits of Urban Trees Urban and Community Forestry: Improving Our Quality of Life (Forestry Report R8-FR 17/USDA Forest Service / The Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service)
• Urban Forestry Manual August 1996 (The Defense Environmental Network & Information eXchange / DENIX)
• Cincinnati Urban Forestry
  • The Urban Forestry Program of the Cincinnati Park Board is responsible for planting, maintaining, and protecting more than 80,000 street trees on over 1,000 miles of public right-of-way within the City of Cincinnati.
• Urban and Community Forestry Resource Materials Guide (University of Illinois / Department of Forestry)
• Urban & Community Forestry (Missouri)
• Urban Forests Centre (Faculty of Forestry / University of Toronto)
• Urban Forestry for Alabama
• Urban Horticulture Institute (Cornell University : College of Agriculture & Life Sciences)
• Urban Parks Online (The Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Urban Parks Institute)
• U&CF Urban Ordinance Index (USDA Forest Service / Southern region / State and Private Forestry)
• Urban Tree Identification (Department of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University)