TreeMapLA is the most ambitious OpenTreeMap project yet, presenting information on nearly half a million trees in LA County. Data comes from municipalities, TreePeople volunteers and the general public. Urban Ecos served as the project lead and provided the following
In its original version, the San Diego Tree Map served as a platform to present official inventory data from eight municipalities (more than 340,000 trees), while offering individuals and organizations a means to collect tree data and learn about the
In 2013, the California Urban Forests Council and Urban Ecos teamed up with Friends of the Urban Forest to plant trees at a middle school in Novato, CA. Schools and other public institutions can be valuable places for larger tree planting
Urban Ecos partnered with Dr. Matt Ritter, professor of Botany at Cal Poly, and Jeff Reimer of the Urban Forests Ecosystem Institute to develop the Urban Tree Key. The Urban Tree Key is a web-based guide to help users identify the
In 2013, Urban Ecos led EarthWatch volunteers on expedition’s to collect data on San Francisco’s urban forest. Our goal was to gather benchmark data to allow changes over time to be observed. The information we collected will support improved management of urban trees and
The Palo Alto Municipal Golf Course, which dated back to the 1950s, was in need of renovation. Goals of the renovation project included incorporating 7.4 acres of the golf course into a flood reduction project and remodeling the course with a design
The California High Speed Rail Authority will offset the emissions associated with construction of the rail line, and large-scale plantings of trees have been identified as the method of choice.Urban Ecos was hired to carry out the following:Determine the feasibility of
California Urban Forests Council and Urban Ecos partnered with the Arbor Day Foundation to expand their new Energy Saving Trees program so that groups–large and small–throughout California could run shade tree programs with little effort and no start-up costs, only
As part of a grant application, the environmental benefits and ecosystem services of UC San Diego’s campus forest were assessed.Urban Ecos provided the following services:Visit to campus to estimate the research and estimate the forest populationQuantification of campus forest ecosystem