Urban & Community Forestry/ Greening Websites

Urban & Community Forestry/ Greening Websites

Pennsylvania Urban Forestrywebsite–

Penn State School of Forest Resources -

Penn State Publications -

Cornell Urban Horticulture Institute -

Tree Link –

American Forests -

Human Dimensions of Urban Forestry and Urban Greening -

Human Environment Research – University of Illinois -

Urban Forestry Research–

Tree CityUSA Program -

Urban Forestry South -

Center for Watershed Protection -

LowImpactDevelopmentCenter -

PA Greenways -

Economic Benefits of Open Space -

Smart Growth PA -

Resources for Teachers

Penn State Natural Resources for Teachers website

Youth Publications from Penn State Natural Resources

PennState Sustainable Forestry – TeachersResourceCenter – contains lesson plans, From the Woods publications, and much more

4-H VirtualForest

Urban Forestry Lab Exercises

Entomology Sites for Kids

Stormwater and Low Impact Development Resources

Center for Watershed Protection

Villanova University Urban Stormwater Partnership

Penn State Stormwater Initiative

Retrofiitting Stormwater

Urban Watershed Forestry manual - downloadable PDF.

Maryland's Stormwater Design Manual

EPA Stormwater BMP Model Ordinance

NEMO - Nonpoint Education for Municipal Officials

Stormwater: Journal for Surface Water Quality Professionals - (good articles and case studies)

Treepeople site that discusses TREES Project - model program to retrofitting a city to function as an urban forest watershed.

Center for Urban Forest Research - good research on stormwater and trees.

Low Impact Development Center

Examples of LowImpact Development and cost savings for Developers.

StroudWaterResearchCenter -good PA based research on stream health, riparian vegetation, etc.

Green Roof Research

EPA - After the Storm - Stormwater Management

Invasive Species Management – Plants and Insects

Roadside Research - Invasive Plants

- Alien Plant Working Group

- Federal Noxious Weeds List

- BioControl of Non-Indigenous Plant Species

- Plant Conservation Alliance

- The Nature Conservancy Invasive Plants Website

- TNC PA

- Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council

- DCNR Invasive Plants

- USDA Forest Service St. Paul Field Office

Maryland Native Plant Society

Ecological Restoration

Society of Ecological Restoration - Download SER Primer on
Ecological Restoration

- Hemlock Woolly Adelgid

HWA Proceeding

- Emerald Ash Borer

- Emerald Ash Borer

- Invasive Species Management