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Arboricultural Organizations for Resources
- Mass. DCR Urban & Community Forestry Program
- Mass. DCR Forest Health
- U.S. Forest Service Eastern Region – State, Private, and Tribal Forestry
- Urban Natural Resources Institute
- New England Chapter ISA (NEC-ISA)
- Massachusetts Arborists Assn. (MAA)
- Connecticut Tree Protective Assn. (CTPA)
- Tree Wardens Association of Connecticut
- Urban and Community Forestry Society (Formerly Society of Municipal Arborists)
- Northeast Organic Farming Assn. (NOFA)
- American Society of Consulting Arborists (ASCA)
- International Society of Arboriculture (ISA)
- Tree Care Industry Association (TCIA)
- Trees Are Good (ISA website for consumers)
- Ecological Landscape Alliance
Public Programs and Resources
- Arbor Day Foundation – Community Tree Programs
- CU Structural Soil®: A Comprehensive Guide from Cornell University
- Environmental Justice
- i-Tree Tools – free software for assessing and managing community forests
- i-Tree Design – Tree Benefits Calculator – make a simple estimation of the benefits provided by an individual tree
- i-Tree Online Instruction – help for using i-Tree
- Massachusetts DCR
- Mass. Department of Agricultural Resources (MDAR)
- Massachusetts Forest Action Plan
- Massachusetts Forest Legacy Program
- MassHighway Design Guides and Manuals
- Northeast Climate Resilience Toolkit
- OSHA Quick Cards
- Ten-Year Urban Forestry Action Plan 2016-2026 (NUCFAC)
- Tree City USA
- Tree Owner’s Manual – US Forest Service resource
- Tree Planting – diagrams and information from the experts at ISA/Trees Are Good
- Tree Risk Assessment Qualification – from ISA
- UMass Extension – Landscape, Nursery and Urban Forestry Program
- UMass Landscape Message
- UMass Extension Green Directory
- UMass Extension Professional Management Guide for Diseases of Trees and Shrubs 2014
- USDA Forest Service Publications
- USDA Plant Hardiness Zones – interactive GIS map
- USDA Hazard Tree Information
- Vibrant Cities Lab – Resources for Urban Forestry, Trees, and Communities
Invasive Species
- Emerald Ash Borer in Massachusetts
- Insecticide Options for Emerald Ash Borer
- FAQ’s on Using EAB Insecticides
- Report Asian longhorned beetle (ALB) in Massachusetts – and view ALB lookalikes
- Emerald Ash Borer – general information
- Massachusetts Introduced Pests Outreach Project
- USDA APHIS PPQ
Arboriculture Education
- UMass Stockbridge School – 2-year A.S in Arboriculture and Community Forest Management
- UMass 4-year B.S. in Natural Resources Conservation, with a concentration in Urban Forestry & Arboriculture
- Landscape Careers
- UMass Student Tree Climbing Competition – See it on You Tube!
- Shigo & Trees, Associates LLC
Plant Selection and Planting Resources
- UMass Planting Guidelines (scroll down for diagram)
- Tree Planting – diagrams and information from the experts at ISA/Trees Are Good
- UConn Plant Database
- Cornell Woody Plants Database
- Recommended Urban Trees – Cornell Urban Horticulture Institute
- Virginia Tech Dendrology
- Book: Street Tree Factsheets by Henry D. Gerhold
- Book: Manual of Woody Landscape Plants by Michael Dirr
- Book: The Tree Book by Michael Dirr and Keith Warren
- Book: Up By Roots by James Urban