By Robert Behre The Post and Courier Charleston, SC (August 8, 2011)- The homeowners at Congress and Hagood streets didn’t like the oak blocking their view of The Citadel’s football stadium just down the street, so they had it cut down. Now Tobin Stewart and Daniel Tollens have been ordered by a city court to [...]
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City Street Trees Pay Their Way
Posted in Economic Benefits, iTree, tagged street trees, tree benefits, urban forestry on August 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Tree Benefit Calculator
Posted in Economic Benefits, iTree, tagged calculating tree benefits, Georgia Forestry Commission, iTree, tree benefits on January 4, 2011 | 1 Comment »
The National Tree Benefit Calculator developed by Casey Trees and The Davey Tree Expert Co. can be used to calculate the economic and ecoilogic benefits of your tree. The Tree Benefit Calculator allows anyone to make a simple estimation of the benefits individual street-side trees provide. This tool is based on i-Tree’s street tree assessment [...]
i-Tree: Putting a Value on the Urban Forest
Posted in Economic Benefits, iTree, Wildland Urban Interface, tagged InterfaceSouth, iTree, Urban Forestry South on December 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This information is from InterfaceSouth’s Leaves of Change, Issue 8, December 2010. Urban foresters have long known of the benefits that urban trees provide to communities from reducing the heat island effect, controlling runoff, and improving air quality. However, most have struggled to get other city officials to view urban forestry programs as much more than [...]
