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It has been seven years since we lost Dr. Alex Shigo. I first had the opportunity to meet him in 1984 when the Colorado Tree…
I live in KC and we are just in the beginning of our EAB journey. Like many metros, our urban tree canopy is overloaded with ash. Some suburbs have documented 1/4 of all street trees are ash.
I have been searching for good data that…
Read more…The Urban Ecology Collarborative's efforts in urban forestry are featured in the current issue of Cities and the Environment. Come check it out!…
Read more…What tree question can you think of that most tree enthusiast could answer? Remember, you do not want to be discouraging, you just want it to be enough that a someone or something that is not interested in trees, would not bother to…
Read more…How many communities would use GIS to manage their forest resources if the software was less expensive or free?
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Read more…Traveling to a new location is an excellent opportunity to be tree stimulated with new species. Share with us some new trees that you have experienced this summer. Your fresh eye perspective is appreciated!
Read more…In my everyday job as a certified arborist working for a small tree company I run across it every day---trees that are suffering because of incorrect planting. I suspect this is not a situation unique to Illinois.
I am wondering if other…
Read more…Trees can be so visually stunning sometimes we forget about all the amazing smells associated with them. Share a tree smell…
Understory trees are often shaded from the light by their taller brethren, the overstory tree. In the forest the…
Thinking back from my past working in cancer research started me to think. If a tree is grown in Missouri and the same type of tree is grown in another state would this tree be more likly to get a disease unlike the other tree. Yes it would.…
Read more…I distribute thousands of container-grown landscape trees a year to homeowners, schools, cities, and park managers. I have videos, e-mail directions, handouts, and workshops to teach proper planting. At tree distributions, I talk to most every…
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