At the Chesapeake Bay Trust:
Dr. Jana Davis
Chesapeake Bay Trust
410.974-2941, Ext. 101
jdavis@cbtrust.org
2007 Workshop: "Making Your Community Forest Friendly"
The 2007 Urban Greening RFP was announced at the third and final workshop, "Making your Community Forest Friendly" sponsored by the Chesapeake Bay Trust and the Center for Watershed Protection. It was held May 30th from 12:30pm-4:30pm at the Patuxent Research Refuge National Wildlife Visitor's Center. The workshop focused on updating local codes and ordinances to be more forest friendly, case studies from local governments, forest friendly development practices, a field exercise on methods to evaluate forest conditions and more. Click here to access the agenda. Please see the presentations and handouts from this event below.
- A Watershed Approach to Forest Conservation, Part I; Part II: Center for Watershed Protection
- Benefits of Trees
- Making your Community Forest-Friendly: Center for Watershed Protection
-COW worksheet
-Local Case Study, Part I; Part II: City of Cumberland
-CWP Recommendations to Cumberland
-Evaluating Your Forests in the Field: Center for Watershed Protection
-Contiguous Forest Assessment
-Local Case Study: Baltimore City
-CWP Urban Tree Incentives
-Local Case Study: Jones Falls Watershed Association
-Institutional Assessment Form
-2007 Urban Greening Presentation: Chesapeake Bay Trust
Workshop: "Making the Most of Urban Reforestation Projects"
This workshop was targeted toward communities that have begun the community greening assessment and goal setting process, but need assistance with a comprehensive approach to selecting the best sites for reforestation. Click here to access the agenda. Please see presentations from this event below.
- Increasing Forest Cover in your Community: Center for Watershed Protection
- Pitfalls of Planting Trees in Urban Areas: Herring Run Watershed Association
- Overview of the Urban Reforestation Site Assessment: Herring Run Watershed Association
- Evaluating Urban Planting Sites using URSA: Center for Watershed Protection
Workshop: “A Watershed Approach to Community Greening”
November 2006
In conjunction with the Trust’s Community Greening initiative, CBT hosted the first of three workshops with the Center for Watershed Protection and increase tree canopy and reap its environmental benefits. The first workshop focused on approaches to forest cover assessments, forest cover goals and the Chesapeake Bay, selecting the best forest conservation and reforestation sites and a real-world example from the city of Annapolis on their UTC assessment and goal setting process.
For more information on what was covered, please click here to access the full agenda. Please see presentations from this event below.
- Benefits of Urban Tree Canopy in the Chesapeake Bay: USDA Forest Service
- A Watershed Approach to Community Greening: Center for Watershed Protection
- Using the Leaf-Out Analysis to Estimate Future Forest Cover: Center for Watershed Protection
Additional Resources:
Center for Watershed Protection
Karen Cappiella
Program Manager of Research
410.461.8323
kc@cwp.org
Website: www.cwp.org
Tiffany Wright
Watershed Analyst
410.461.8323
tw@cwp.org
Website: www.cwp.org
Maryland Department of Natural Resources
Marian Honeczy
Supervisor, Urban & Community Forestry
410.260.8511
mhoneczy@dnr.state.md.us
Website: http://www.dnr.state.md.us/forests/programs/urban/
DNR Regional Staff
Western Maryland
Becky Wilson
301.777.5591
bwilson@dnr.state.md.us
Southern Maryland
Horace Henry
410.360.8421
hhenry@dnr.state.md.us
Central Maryland
Tod Ericson
410.836.4568
tericson@dnr.state.md.us
USDA Forest Service
Ann Cumming
Program Manager for the Mid-Atlantic States
304.285.1504
acumming@fs.fed.us
Website: www.na.fs.fed.us/watershed
Sally Claggett
Chesapeake Bay Forestry Coordinator
410.267.5706
sclaggett@fs.fed.us
TreeBaltimore
Anne Draddy
Baltimore City Recreation and Parks
anne.draddy@baltimorecity.gov
410.984.4058
Other community greening technical experts include:
- Maryland DNR Urban and Community Forestry Program
- Center for Watershed Protection
- Forest Opportunity Spectrum
- Center for Urban Forest Research
- Connecting People with Ecosystems in the 21st Century: An Assessment of Our Nation's Urban Forests
- Northeast Center for Urban and Community Forestry
- Northeastern Research Station
- Urban and Community Forestry of the Northeastern Area
- Urban Forestry South
- Watershed Forestry in the Northeastern Area
Other community greening resources include:
- Chesapeake Bay Program
Other funding sources:
- The Home Depot Foundation
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