Office Based Assessments
Office Based Assessments are often quicker to complete, but mainly provide only general estimates of various components of the structure, funciton and value of your urban forest. These can be a good start to getting your urban forest project rolling, or help you to demonstrate the return on investment of an urban forest program. Office Based Assessments use regional, or local, data that has been complied by various public agencies, universities and other science partners.
Often, Office Based Assessments can be used to more clearly detail the environmetal components of a geographic area, which can be very useful in planning and conservation settings.
Choose a path using the selction criteria indicated below, in order to find the i-Tree Office Based Assesment tool that is most appropriate for your needs. Rembember, you can always come back and try something else!
Individual Tree Assessment
Best Tree Species Selection - any level (choose a tree species by functions)
Individual Tree Benefits - parcel level (near a house or building)
Canopy Level Assessment
Canopy Amount Estimation - area-wide (based on new data you create)
Canopy Benefits Estimation - area-wide (based on satellite imagery)
Canopy Streamflow Impacts - watershed-wide (in conjunction with an established USGS gauging station
