Neil Norton's Blog Posts Tagged 'trees' (4)

"People, like trees, can transform energy from the earth. Trees, like people, can be a source of helpful wisdom in our lives"  Ann Linnea

I just finished reading Ann Linnea's Keepers of the Trees,, A Guide to Re-Greening North America.  In sharing the true stories of a Tree Doctor, Big Tree Hunter, Tree Planter, Tree…

Monetizing ecosystem services of trees might be in the near future.  The City of New York spent $1.2 billion dollars (over ten years) to restore and protect watersheds in effort to avoid spending $8 billion dollars on a new water filtration plant.  Last week,…

More cement and asphalt paths are being created through woods in parks as alternative transportation corridors and to view nature. Typically the paths are placed adjacent to mature trees. The damage often shows well after the contractors have left the scene. The cement compresses and damages roots and can prevent water absorption but the most damage occurs during…

Municipalities often wonder how big their street trees will become and if they will create damage to surrounding infrastructure, however New Orleans seems to have different ethic, let them grow! As a result they have one of the most amazing urban forest in the country. We know the the issues surrounding an uneven sidewalk, but have we considered the advantages? Perhaps with an expectation of uneveness, there would be more awareness and less accidents. Humans did not evolve walking on flat…