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Thursday, May 9, 2013
Current urban expansion is the greatest in history. By 2050, three billion additional people will live in cities. While urbanization is frequently linked to environmental problems, it also offers solutions for global sustainability if cities can move from net consumers to net generators of ecosystem services. Moreover,...
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
The new research, published in Psychological Science, examined data from a national longitudinal survey of households in the United Kingdom conducted at the European Centre for Environment & Human Health at the University of Exeter Medical School. The research found that people who live in urban areas with more green...
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
A recent state-by-state study finds that U.S. urban trees store carbon and provide billions in economic value. America's urban forests store an estimated 708 million tons of carbon, an environmental service with an estimated value of $50 billion, according to a recent Forest Service study. The annual net carbon uptake by...
Friday, April 26, 2013
The Arbor Day Foundation announced 14 individuals and organizations are recipients of a 2013 Arbor Day Award in honor of their outstanding contribution to tree planting, conservation and stewardship. Among this year's recipients are NASF members the Florida Forest Service (recipient of the Forest Lands Leadership Award)...
Friday, April 26, 2013
Celebrating Arbor Day today and into the future, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA-6th) and co-sponsors Earl Blumenauer (D-OR-3rd) and Barbara Lee (D-CA-13) introduced legislation to reduce residential energy consumption and costs through strategically planting trees.
The Residential Energy and Economic Savings Act (TREES...
Friday, April 19, 2013
Everyone has a favorite tree – a source of fun, shade or solace when we just need a quiet place. Thanks to a recent report, “Vibrant Cities & Urban Forests: A National Call to Action,” we now know our trees also provide so much more. Trees can create jobs and help reduce chronic illnesses like asthma and obesity. Trees...
Friday, April 19, 2013
This year, the National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council (NUCFAC) has identified three national grant categories:
1. Making Urban Trees and Forests More Resilient to the Impacts of Natural Disasters and the Long-term Impacts of Climate Change
2. Green Infrastructure Jobs Analysis
3. Utilizing...
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
After more than 20 years of research, David Nowak, who heads USFS’s Northeastern research unit, thinks he knows. He’s leading an effort to standardize tree valuation. The U.S. Forest Service’s i-Tree platform calculates a city’s "leaf surface area," and gives trees an economic value, from the environmental services they...
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
New research conducted by North Carolina State University provides the first evidence that heat can be a key driver of pest outbreaks on urban trees. Since urban warming is similar in magnitude to global warming predicted in the next 50 years, pest abundance on city trees may foreshadow widespread outbreaks as natural...
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
The Forest Service has announced the topic of its next webinar in the Planning for Growth and Open Space Conservation series - Session #13: City and County Open Space Programs.
This webinar discusses growth and open space conservation planning for cities and counties. The first presentation will highlight the Trust for...
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