Published by: US Forest Service, Center for Urban Forest ResearchDate: 2006-2009Summary: The Community Tree Guides identify and describe the benefits and costs of planting trees in sixteen climate zones across the United States. Look to the Guides to answer the following questions and more:What environmental
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
Published in: California Trees, newsletter of California ReLeafDate: Winter 2010Summary: At least a dozen cities across the United States have started ambitious tree planting projects. But what does it take to be successful?Million Tree Initiatives: Tools for Campaign Success
Published in: California Trees, newsletter of California ReLeafDate: Spring 2008Summary: Looking for a super-strategy to reduce greenhouse gases? Look no farther than trees! This article explains how trees work their greenhouse gas magic and how we can plant them strategically to do
A publication by the California Urban Forests CouncilPublished: July 2014Summary: In 2011, an analysis of Marin’s urban forest was undertaken by scientists at UC Davis, the US Forest Service, and San Francisco State University. The goal was to understand the structure,
Technical report to: Chuck Morgan, Asst. Director, Building and Landscape Services, and Sam Oludunfe, Campus Urban Forester, University of California, San DiegoPublished: February 2009Summary: As part of a grant application, the ecosystem services of UC San Diego’s campus forest were
In October 2014, Urban Ecos partnered with the CA Urban Forests Council and CA ReLeaf to present a webinar on how to estimate the GHG benefits of trees, with a focus on applying for grants from the California Dept 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