2023 Grant Awards – Urban and Community Forestry
In this web publication by the U.S. Forest Service, you can find information about the investments made from the Inflation…
Reimaging the Civic Commons Place Driving Equity: An evidence-based action guide on the role of public space for shared prosperity
Deep and persistent racism, segregation, disinvestment and devaluation have created chasms in health equity, economic mobility and overall outcomes for…
Biden-Harris Administration Announces Historic Funding to Expand Access to Trees and Green Spaces in Disadvantaged Urban Communities
More than $1 billion from President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda will increase urban tree cover, boost equitable access to…
Rhode Island Tree Equity Funding, Financing, and Policy Guide Executive Summary
Although this guide was developed to assists the state, municipalities, and nonprofit organizations of Rhode Island in identifying funding, financing,…
Rhode Island Tree Equity Funding, Financing and Policy Guide
This guide provides information on making the case for trees, nationally utilized urban forestry funding and policy mechanisms, as well…
Protecting Drinking Water at the Source
A new era of source water protection is emerging. Utilities increasingly recognize that protecting sources of drinking water and securing…
Census of Municipal Urban Forestry Programs, 2014
Hundreds of programs from cities and communities around the nation — from very small to the largest — completed a…
Leveraging a Non-Profit-Public Partnership to Meet the Needs of Austin’s Urban Forest
The urban forest and natural areas of Lady Bird Lake receive over 4 million visitors each year and represent the…
Anchored in Place: The Role of Anchor Institutions in Building Strong Communities
Newly emergent anchor networks typically develop to provide a hub where relationship building and information sharing happen among local anchor…
The Changing Landscape of Social Impact Investing
Not every entrepreneur is in it just for the money. Many also want to make a positive mark on the…
Investment in Mitigation Pays Big Returns
Every dollar spent on natural disaster mitigation projects saves $6 on average in post disaster recovery costs, according to a…
Impact of Emerald Ash Borer on Municipal Budgets
Early research after first response estimated that treatment would cost more than $10.7 billion in the affected states. That number…
Financing Urban Tree Canopy Programs
This guidebook for local governments in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed outlines financing strategies applicable to most communities nationwide. Includes detailed…
Sources of Federal Funding for Disaster Recovery
While FEMA provides the bulk of Federal funding for pre-disaster planning and post-disaster funding, nearly half-a-dozen other agencies offer support…
Tree Box Filters Promote Neighborhood Revitalization
To rejuvenate an uninhabited parcel adjacent to Hartsfield-Atlanta airport, the City of College Park planned to create a new business…
DC Business Improvement District Underwrites Innovative Stormwater Management Installations
Business Improvement Districts are defined areas within which businesses elect to pay a levy – a “self-imposed-tax” – to provide…
Minnesota’s Stormwater Credit System for Trees
Minnesota implemented a stormwater crediting system, allowing communities and businesses to quantify potential of trees to manage stormwater. The credit…
Low Impact Development Guide for Puget Sound
Provides stormwater managers and site designers with a common understanding of LID goals, objectives, specifications for individual practices, and flow…
Kaulunani Urban & Community Forestry Program
Program offers educational programs; financial support in the form of cost-share grants; technical training; Arbor Day promotions and public/private partnerships.
Annual Budgets for Community Tree Programs
This article explains the essentials of budgeting for the costs of a community tree program each year. It includes a…
Pittsburgh Urban Forest Master Plan.
Many consider it the "gold standard" for urban forest planning. Comprehensive in scope, visionary in its goals, inspirational in its…
State of Watershed Investment 2016 Report.
In 2015, governments, water utilities, companies, and communities spent nearly $25 billion on payments for green infrastructure for water.
Strategies for Reducing Green Infrastructure Costs.
Reliable costing information helps communities adequately plan for green infrastructure implementation and long-term operations and maintenance.
EPA Policy Guide Helps Municipalities Grow Green Infrastructure
Features EPA publications as well as examples and case studies drawn from states and communities.
Banking on Green
A comprehensive, well-sourced examination of how green infrastructure can save municipalities money and provide economic benefits community wide.