CommuniTREE Newsletter: Your Source for Urban Forestry News
CommuniTREE News is PlanIT Geo’s monthly newsletter where we share the latest urban forestry news, explore cutting-edge technology, and share educational resources.
JUNE 2024
☑️ BLOG: Advantages of a Statewide Tree Inventory
☑️ UPCOMING WEBINAR: New Data for Equitable Urban Forest Planning
☑️ ARTICLE: Milan’s Vertical Forest
☑️ ARTICLE: The Man Behind Philadelphia’s Green Future
☑️ ARTICLE: 5 Opportunities for Micro-Greening in Low-Income Urban Settlements
☑️ ARTICLE: Green Infrastructure Plans Need to Consider Historical Racial Inequalities
☑️ UPCOMING WEBINAR: Tree Inventory Services You Never Knew You Needed
☑️ ARTICLE:Promoting Environmental Justice in Urban Tree Plans
☑️ TREE INVENTORY REPORT: Kirkland, Washington Tree Inventory Summary Report
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JUNE 2024
☑️ BLOG: A New Tool For Equitable Urban Forest Planning
☑️ UPCOMING WEBINAR: Florida Statewide Urban Tree Canopy Assessment
☑️ ARTICLE: Burn It Where You Buy It
☑️ UCFS NOMINATIONS: Would You Make a Great UCFS Board Member?
☑️ CASE STUDY: Tree Health Care Company Thrives With Software
☑️ ARTICLE: City Trees Save Lives
☑️ ARTICLE: Promoting Environmental Justice in Urban Tree Plans
☑️ ARTICLE: 91% of European cities are implementing nature-based solutions
☑️ ARTICLE: Park Proximity and Older Adults’ Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviors in Dense Urban Areas
☑️ GUIDE: 2024 IRA Urban Forestry Grants
May 2024
☑️ BLOG: Urban Forestry’s New Benchmark: The 3-30-300 Rule
☑️ UPCOMING WEBINAR: Authors in Urban Forestry
☑️ ARTICLE: Shade Most Often Goes to the Privileged
☑️ TREEPLOTTER UPDATE: The New and Improved TreePlotter Photo Viewer
☑️ PODCAST: UNESCO Green Citizens Podcast: At the Forest School
☑️ ARTICLE: The Impact Trees Have on our Health
☑️ ARTICLE: Free Food Forests
☑️ ARTICLE: Tree-Removal Laws Must be Tightened if We Want our Cities to be Liveable and Green
☑️ ARTICLE: How Satellites and AI Ignite Hope in Canada’s Battle Against Wildfires
☑️ ON-DEMAND WEBINAR: Mapping the 3-30-300 Rule
April 2024
☑️ ANNOUNCEMENT: PlanIT Geo Announces a New COO and President
☑️ BLOG: California IRA Urban Forestry Grant Guide
☑️ UPCOMING WEBINAR: Mapping the 3-30-300 Rule for Actionable City Greening
☑️ ARTICLE: 7 Common Nature-In-Cities Myths
☑️ ARTICLE: City Launches New Tool to Preserve and Nurture Tree Canopy
☑️ PODCAST: Water Smarts Podcast
☑️ ARTICLE: Urban Forestry Roundtable Works to Cool America’s Hottest City
☑️ ARTICLE: What is a food forest?
☑️ ARTICLE: MSU Providing On-Ramp to Careers in Forestry
☑️ ARTICLE: A Radical Plan for Christchurch
March 2024
☑️ BLOG: How Oxfordshire Utilizes Urban Forestry Data
☑️ ARTICLE: Planting Trees for the Next 100 Years
☑️ UPCOMING WEBINAR: CRM Integration & Project Management through TreePlotter
☑️ ARTICLE: Residents Protest a ‘Silent Deforestation’
☑️ ARTICLE: Train Station In The Forest
☑️ TREEPLOTTER: 12.5 Million Trees
☑️ ARTICLE: Train Station In The Forest
☑️ GUIDE: Best Time to Prune a Maple Tree: How and When?
☑️ ARTICLE: Racism and Unequal Access to Green Spaces
☑️ ARTICLE: Transforming Past Gas Station Site into Future Forest
☑️ ARTICLE: Midwestern States Consider Bans of the Popular – but Invasive – Bradford Pear
☑️ ARTICLE: Hot? Hungry?
☑️ ARTICLE: Tree Inventory Highlights Aging Trees
February 2024
☑️ CONFERENCE: TreePlotter User Conference 2024
☑️ ARTICLE: What is Nature Based Social Prescribing?
☑️ ARTICLE: Atlanta Needs More Trees AND Dense Housing
☑️ WEBINAR: Planting Priorities: How Technology Informs Equitable Canopy
☑️ BLOG: The 10-20-30 Rule For Tree Diversity
☑️ GRANTS: 2024 TREE Fund Research Grants
☑️ ARTICLE: $1M Grant to Address Savannah’s ‘Tree Inequity,’ Offer Non-Traditional Job Path
☑️ NEW TOOL: Tree Equity Score UK
☑️ ARTICLE: Better Mental, Physical Health in Older People Tied to Living Near Nature
☑️ ARTICLE: Do Cities Have to be Green to be Great?
☑️ ARTICLE: Planting a Yard-Sized Urban Forest
☑️ VIDEO: How University of Kentucky Cares for Over 13,500 Trees
December 2023
☑️ CONFERENCE: TreePlotter User Conference 2024
☑️ ARTICLE: Urban Nature Visitation, Accessibility, and Impact of Travel Distance for Sustainable Cities
☑️ ARTICLE: Finding Local Solutions to Climate Change
☑️ DISCUSSION: How Do You Incentivize Tree Preservation in Your Community
☑️ ARTICLE: Sucking up Toxins: Using Trees to Clean Up Contamination Goes International
☑️ CASE STUDY: Perceptions, Practices, and Needs of Urban Forestry: A Case Study from Tennessee, United States
☑️ STUDY: Charlottetown Experiments with Mini Forests to Speed up Growth
☑️ ARTICLE: Let Forests Grow Old to Store Huge Volume of Carbon
☑️ ARTICLE: Protecting Trees on Private Land
November 2023
☑️ ARTICLE: A Time to Invest: Advocates Call for Tree Equity in Black Neighborhoods
☑️ ARTICLE: Verra Announces Innovative, High-Integrity Afforestation, Reforestation and Revegetation Methodology
☑️ ARTICLE: Discovering the Impacts of Urban Walking on Well-Being in Africa and Asia
☑️ WEBINAR: How to Prepare Shovel-Ready Projects to Maximize IRA Funding Opportunities
☑️ LISTEN: Listen to the Sounds of the Largest Tree on Earth
☑️ ARTICLE: Stabenow Restores Funding for Urban Agriculture in Senate-Passed Bill
☑️ AWARD: Elizabeth Schulte is This Year’s Urban and Community Forestry Society Award of Achievement Winner
☑️ ARTICLE: $1B Will Bring More City Trees. But It’ll Take More Than Seedlings to Grow Urban Forests.
☑️ GUIDE: What’s a nature-based solution? An explainer.
☑️ ARTICLE: Inside the 350-year-old ‘Elder Grove’ of Paul Smiths
☑️ ARTICLE: Bringing Back Trees To ‘Forest City’s’ Redlined Areas Helps Residents and The Climate
☑️ ARTICLE: A Need for Green: Cities Look to Trees to Improve Health, Climate Justice
October 2023
☑️ ARTICLE: Setting Intentional Climate Solution Goals As A Corporate Leader
☑️ JOB OPENINGS: PlanIT Geo is hiring a COO and multiple positions
☑️ARTICLE: 10 Stories from the Earth’s Hottest Summer on Record
☑️ BLOG: Bridging the Knowledge Gap: Training and Gender Issues in Tree Climbing
☑️ COURSES: Test Your Urban Forstry Knowledge
☑️ ARTICLE: Go See Trees Challenge, A Tree-Centric Scavenger Hunt
☑️ ARTICLE: How We Brought Mistletoes Back to the Trees of Melbourne
☑️ TREES + TECH SUMMIT: Register for Trees + Tech Summit at TCI Expo
☑️ GUIDE: Urban Forestry And Heat Mitigation 101
September 2023
☑️ ARTICLE: Largest Known Eastern White Pine Found in the Southern Adirondacks
☑️ JOB OPENINGS: PlanIT Geo is Hiring for Multiple Positions
☑️ARTICLE: One Neighborhood, 90 Trees and an 82-Year-Old Crusader
☑️ BLOG: Crowdsourced Urban Heat Maps Reshape Opinions and Landscapes
☑️ ARTICLE: Urban Ashes Launches the Circular UrbanWood Triconomy™ in Ann Arbor
☑️ ARTICLE: US Conference of Mayors Adopts New City Park Resolution, Urges “Robust” Federal Investment
☑️ ARTICLE: USDA Forest Service Invests $20M to Restore Forests, Reduce Wildfire Risk, and Create Jobs in 18 States
☑️ TREES + TECH SUMMIT: Register for Trees + Tech Summit in Washington D.C.
☑️ ARTICLE: Mapping Urban Heat Islands Is Helping These Neighborhoods Adapt
☑️ ARTICLE: How These Entrepreneurs Are Bringing Green Solutions To Our Cities
August 2023
☑️ CONTEST: CommuniTREE Tree Selfie Contest
☑️ON DEMAND WEBINAR: Managing Your Urban Forest From a Statewide View
☑️ BLOG: Integrating CRM Software and TreePlotter™
☑️ ARTICLE: Texas Needs to Tackle Historic Inequalities Affecting who is Most Impacted by Excessive Heat
☑️ ARTICLE: Town of Vienna’s Trees are Unusually Healthy
☑️ ARTICLE: ICROA Endorses Standard for Urban Forest Carbon Offsets
☑️ ARTICLE: Edmonton Targets 2030 for Two Million New Trees
☑️ TREES + TECH SUMMIT: The Future of Urban Forestry conference hosted by PlanIT Geo
☑️ STORYMAP: NYC Parks’ StoryMap “Our Urban Forest”
July 2023
Trees + Tech Summit: The Future of Urban Forestry-REGISTER NOW
Mapping Connecticut’s Understory from Outer SpaceAIPH World
Green City Awards 2024 Accepting Submissions
Your Trees Need a Little Love (and Water) During Dry Spells
The Little-Known Physical and Mental Health Benefits of Urban Trees
Creating the Right Change With Urban Forestry Funding
To Feel Less Heat We Need More Trees
Brewing a Better Urban Forest
Neighborhoods in Mass. Could Get More Shade from Trees Under New Climate Bill
Can Cities Make Room for Woodpeckers?
June 2023
Trees + Tech Summit: The Future of Urban Forestry-REGISTER NOW
Stillmeadow Peace Park
Internet of Nature Season 5 Podcasts
Natural Climate Solutions: Linking Urban Forestry and Climate Action
Association of Tree Officers in the National Diversity and Inclusion Report
Managing Your Urban Forest from a Statewide View
PowerCorps Boston Provides Training in Arboriculture and Urban Forestry
Planting Trees to Fight Pollution and Racism in Bayview Hunters Point
We’re Going to Need So Many Seedlings for the Reforestation Push
Residents are Helping Catalog Charlotte’s Shrinking Tree Canopy
May 2023
Trees + Tech Summit: The Future of Urban Forestry
The IRA Urban Forestry Grant Window Is Open A Little Longer. Go For It!
The Journeys of Black Professionals in Green Careers
Addressing the Urban Forestry Labor Shortage
Nature-Based Solutions Are Building Political Momentum
UPCOMOING WEBINAR: Tailoring TreePlotter to Meet Your Urban Greening Goals
UPCOMING WEBINAR: Managing Your Urban Forest from a Statewide View
Calgary is a City of Haves and Have-Nots
TEN Years of One Million Trees in Mississauga
New Episodes on Internet of Nature podcast
Case Study: How Longview, Washington Uses Canopy Data
Private Tree Ordinance 101
Walking in Urban Green Spaces is Better for Us
April 2023
PlanIT Geo Joins Waverock Software!
Internet of Nature Podcasts and Blogs featuring Ian Hanou, Dan Lambe, and Tobin Mitnick
Food Forests are Bringing Shade and Sustenance to US Cities
Improving Storm Clean Up
How Trees Can Play a Life-Saving Role in Our Struggle Against Extreme Weather
ON DEMAND WEBINAR: How Accurate Tree Canbopy Data Got Faster and More Affordable
ON DEMAND WEBINAR: Tree Canopy Analysis Around the World
Citizen Science in Action: Heat Island Mapping
Plant for the Future: Climate Change and Tree Selection
Capital Asset Value for Amenity Trees (CAVAT)
A Creative Partnership with “Happy Little Trees”
Green Communities Leadership Institute
March 2023
Upcoming Webinars: Tree Canopy Analysis Around the World AND How ACCURATE Tree Caopy Data Got More Affordable and Faster
Nature and Technology: Friends or Enemies?
Canopy Preservation in the Hands of Tree Care Companies
Green Schoolyard Grants
For our Nonprofit Friends, We’ve Got a Funding Idea for You
Climate Change Threatens up to 100% of Trees in Australian Cities
Leafier Communities, Healthier Hearts
Affordable, Subscription- Based Tree Canopy Data
Advancing Design Thinking for Equitable + Sustainable Urbanism
Putting Tree Inventory Data to Use
February 2023
Upcoming Webinar: AIMING HIGHER: Urban Wood Reuse
Seeing the Urban Forest Through the Trees: Five Best Practices for a Thriving, Equity-Driven Urban Tree Canopy
The Future of Urban Tree Canopy Assessments
Scramble For Shade: Why Cities Aren’t Planting More Trees
PlanIT Geo is hiring: GIS Manager, Urban Forestry Planners, Sales Development Representative (SDR), Software Developers, Senior Business Developer, Customer Success Representative, and Tree Inventory Technician
Community Engagement Map In Action
How Urban Trees Can Impact Wellbeing at Scale
Virtual Lecture Series: Resilient in Nature
New York City’s Greenery Absorbs a Surprising Amount of Its Carbon Emissions
Inflation Reduction Act UCF Funding Takeaways from Recent SMA Town Hall
Residential Green Spaces Can Protect Growing Cities
PlanIT Geo Reading List
January 2023
Upcoming Webinar: Social, Environmental, and Economic Values of Urban Wood
Leveraging Software for Greater Profitability
People in Portland Planted Trees. Decades Later, a Stunning Pattern Emerged
Not by Trees Alone: Centering Community in Urban Forestry
PlanIT Geo is hiring: Urban Forestry Planners, PR and Events Coordinator, Software Developers, Business Developer, Financial Analyst
Cities are Planting Trees. Why not Make Them Fruit Trees?
Flexibility in Tree Ordinances
Species Clustering, Climate Effects, and Introduced Species in 5 Million City Trees Across 63 US Cities
PlanIT Geo Reading List
December 2022
The Ultimate Guide to Urban Forestry Funding
HIRING: Multiple positions company-wide
Urban Reforestation From Scratch
Horticultural Junk Food: The Vinyl Siding of the Plant Material World?
TreePlotter Update
Trees and the Impact on Academic Performance
Quantifying Urban Tree Canopy Interception
Tis the Season for a Common Debate: ARTIFICIAL vs REAL Christmas tree?
PlanIT Geo Reading List
November 2022
Urban Forest Carbon Credits 101
Trees are Key to Address Boston’s Heat Islands
The Hybrid Tree That Conquered the World
Upcoming Webinar: Get in Good Grant Shape: CAL FIRE
Upcoming Webinar: Get in Good Grant Shape: Florida
TreePlotter JOBS and Quickbooks Integration
The Imagery Evolution and Urban Forestry
PlanIT Geo Job Openings
TreePlotter Support Site
He Turned His Weed-Filled Yard Into a Low-Water Jungle of Fruit Trees
PlanIT Geo Reading List
October 2022
Urban Forestry Grant Resources
Arcadis Sustainable Cities Index – 2022
Live Fast, Die Young – Accelerated Growth, Mortality, and Turnover in Street Trees
Decode Municipal Tree Ordinances: Upcoming WebinarTreePlotter
CANOPY Changes
A Dataset of 5 Million City Trees From 63 US Cities
Philly’s New ‘Reforestation Hub’ Will Sell Fallen City Trees as Lumber, to Fund Planting More
Preparing For The Influx of Federal Urban Forestry Funding
Urban Forestry Guide for Nonprofit and Community Organizations
PlanIT Geo Reading List
September 2022
Saluting Branches September 28, 2022
TreeRadar: Non-Invasive Tree Risk Assessment Technology
Plant For the Future With A Sister Climate City Analysis
On a Warming Planet, Urban Trees Become Critical Infrastructure
New Rules Put Puget Sound’s Urban Trees in Private Hands
Urban Forestry Around the Globe: Upcoming Webinar
TreePlotter Update: i-Tree Eco benefits Update
Trees Are the Secret Weapon of America’s Historic Climate Bill
PlanIT Geo Camping Trip
PlanIT Geo Reading List
August 2022
Profound Federal Forestry Funding
What are Urban Forested Natural Areas?
Urban Forestry in the Spotlight
Urban Forestry Around the Globe: Upcoming Webinar
TreePlotter Update: Single Sign On
Park Asset Management Made Easy
Tacoma’s Uphill Battle to Grow Urban Tree Canopy
Dive Into the Details on Our Work with Tacoma