Valuing Urban Forests: science, application and action (Public Meeting and Single-Day Conference)
Municipalities are steadily improving their ability to manage urban forests, but much work remains. Air and water quality protection, energy conservation, noise abatement, and local products are but a few of the benefits of urban forest stewardship. In recent years, scientists have made significant strides in developing urban forest assessment and decision-making tools that help managers and local leaders achieve these and other objectives. These meetings will cover the state of urban forest assessment science and application, and provide testimonials and demonstrations regarding research and implementation in the mid-Atlantic region and beyond.
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Sep 23, 2010 07:00 PM
to Sep 24, 2010 05:00 PM |
| Contact Name | John Munsell |
| Contact Phone | (540) 231-1611 |
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Community Leaders, Planners, Landscape Architects, Urban Foresters, Arborists, Park Managers, Developers and Builders, Homeowners and Interested Citizens |
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Speakers include
Dr. David Nowak is a US Forest Service Research Scientist and a leading world expert in urban forest valuation and management. Dr. Nowak will discuss the state of urban forest assessment science and provide an update on the suite of I-tree assessment applications he and others have developed.
Ms. Kristy King is a research forester at the New York City Urban Field Station and will provide a testimonial regarding the use of urban forest valuation tools for building monitoring and management capacity in the greater New York City area.
Ms. Cindy Musick is past chair of the Maryland Urban Forest Council and PhD student in Virginia Tech’s Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation. Ms. Musick will describe her research project, which focuses on urban tree planting and human dimensions of canopy coverage in Arlington County.
Dr. Eric Wiseman is an assistant professor of urban forestry and arboriculture in Virginia Tech’s Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation and will lead a demonstration of urban forest assessment and valuation.
A public meeting will be held at Arlington County’s Department of Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Resources on Thursday evening September 23rd. Registration is free. The following day, September 24th, a single-day conference will occur at the same location. Registration is $30.
Visit: www.frec.vt.edu/urbanforestvalue/ for agendas and other information.
