What does competitive tree climbing have to do with sustainability?
Did you know that there are competitions for tree climbers? The International Society of Arboriculture has chapters all over the world. Those chapters...
Urbanization
More people than ever before are living in cities. In fact, the Earth Institute at Columbia University claims that, for the first time ever, half of t...
Sustainability: teaching the next generation of ecologists
I had a great day today spending some time with Dr. Jason Grabosky’s (Rutgers) ecology class on a field tour in Washington, DC. Our first stop w...
The Sustainable Urban Forests Coalition celebrates 10 years
Last week, the Sustainable Urban Forests Coalition celebrated 10 years of working to: Increase tangible support for urban forests on a national, regio...
What factors contribute to mortality of newly planted trees?
Today Dr. Lara Roman from the USFS Philadelphia Urban Field Station visited TreeBaltimore to share her research on urban tree mortality. Dr. Roman has...