Natural disasters often strike without warning and wreak havoc wherever they land. A city can never be fully prepared for natural devastation, but there are measures they can put in place that will help…
Urban and Community Forestry
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Urban and Community Forestry
Students Learn the Importance of Tree Planting and Care to Create Healthy Communities
TD Green Streets supports innovative practices in community forestry. Through the program, municipalities are eligible to receive one of ten $20,000 grants in support of local forestry projects in low- to moderate-income (LMI) neighborhoods.…
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Happy National Good Neighbor Day! Some homeowners are lucky to go through life without the struggle of horrible neighbors. Most of my bad neighbor stories are from my early apartment days when I took…
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In the fall of 2014, feeling fairly intimidated, slightly inadequate, but even more excited, I decided to take a leap. Or more appropriate for this audience – I decided to “branch out.” The Communication-and-Spanish-Major-Turned-Certified-Arborist…
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The following is a guest post by the University of Florida’s senior vice president for agriculture and natural resources. Tampa Bay saves tens of millions of dollars from its urban forest annually. Leafy canopies…
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Every year for the past 20 years, hundreds of volunteers and city workers in metropolitan Kansas City come together in an effort known as Project Blue River Rescue. Their goal: to clean up piles…