12/15/2011 – Cornell Extension Certified Tree Warden Workshop
Useful Resource Materials from
Cornell Extension (Westchester County) Certified Tree Warden Workshop
David V. Bloniarz, USDA Forest Service, Amherst, MA
John Parry, USDA Forest Service, Durham, NH
December 15, 2011
Urban Forestry
Lyndhurst, Tarrytown, NY
BACKGROUND:
This day-long session provided municipal tree wardens with an introduction to natural resource inventories, and how they can be used to develop effective management programs in cities and towns. i-Tree software tools were introduced, and participants completed outdoor exercises aimed at introducing risk tree assessment to managers.
PRESENTER INFO:
David V. Bloniarz
Project Director, Urban Natural Resource Institute, USDA Forest Service
dbloniarz@fs.fed.us
John Parry
Urban Forester, USDA Forest Service
jparry@fs.fed.us
POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS
- Public Tree Inventories: An Introduction – J. Parry
- i-Tree Inventory Software - D. Bloniarz
- Assessing Risk Trees – J. Parry
- i-Tree Storm – D. Bloniarz
LINKS
- i-Tree Website – www.itreetools.org
- Urban Natural Resources Institute – www.unri.org
ON-LINE RESOURCES
- Street Tree Inventory Data Collection Sheet - MS Word File)
- Community Tree Risk Management: Program Planning and Design Manual - US Forest Service
- Risk Tree Evaluation Data Collection Sheets (MS Excel File)
- Defect Codes and Action Codes for Risk Tree Evaluation (PDF File)