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The Urban Natural Resources Institute (UNRI) is a science-based source for information and answers to questions on urban natural resources stewardship. A goal of the Institute is to strengthen public awareness of activities related to urban natural resources research and management. The Institute consists of Forest Service scientists, conducting science-based research on urban natural resource issues across the country.

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  • Upcoming Webcast: Maryland Tree Registry and Aggregating Tree Benefits Calculator

    July 15, 2009
    11:00 AM (Eastern)
    Please plan to join us for an UNRI Informational Webcast, featuring the Tree Registry and Aggregating Tree Benefits Calculator, developed by the Maryland DNR and its partners.  The tree registry enables Maryland residents to register multiple trees and aggregate their collective benefits using real time, locally generated costs. Data related to [...]

  • The International Symposium on Urban Wildlife & the Environment begins June 21st

    The Urban Wildlife Working Group of The Wildlife Society, together with the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife, University of Massachusetts Amherst, and USGS Massachusetts Cooperative Research Unit, is sponsoring an International Symposium on Urban Wildlife Ecology and Management. This conference on urban wildlife ecology and management, will be held at the University of Massachusetts, June 21-24, [...]

  • Cities and the Environment Journal – Availible Online

    The second volume of the Cities and the Environment Journal (CATE) is now availible for online circulation.  CATE publishes peer-reviewed scholarship on urban ecology research and urban ecology education.  The journal encourages submission of scholarly works of the following types: well-written, relevant articles; multi-media products such as simulations, video streams, audio productions and other visualization [...]

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