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“The Restoration of Freshkills from Landfill to Park: Setting a Research Agenda” will feature the creation of Freshkills Park in New York City. At 2,200 acres, Freshkills Park will be the largest park developed in New York City in over 100 years, and the largest conversion of a former landfill to a public park in [...]
“An Urban Forest Under Attack: Asian Longhorned Beetle in Worcester, Massachusetts“ will feature Ken Gooch, MA Dept. of Conservation and Recreation and Clint McFarland, USDA, APHIS, who will provide an overview of the control and eradication program that is currently underway in this Massachusetts community of 152,000 residents. These experts, who are currently directing [...]
The webcast presentation, “Planning the Urban Forest: Ecology, Economy and Community Development” which originally was presented on March 10, 2009 is now available for viewing or download. This webcast session outlines a new publication, prepared by the American Planning Association (APA) in collaboration with the International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) and American Forests (AF), and [...]
A new suite of technology transfer tools, detailing how structural soils and urban trees can be used for stormwater management has recently been made available, and can be accessed via the web at http://www.cnr.vt.edu/urbanforestry/stormwater.
Research topics related to developing innovative technologies, are discussed and a series of innovative solutions are outlined, including the root distribution and [...]
The culmination of a three-year research project, Planning the Urban Forest: Ecology, Economy and Community Development is a best-practices manual and a potential college level text book about integrating urban forestry into municipal planning activities.
This report, prepared by the American Planning Association (APA) in collaboration with the International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) and American Forests (AF), and [...]
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