Last week I had the opportunity to spend some time with my SavATree colleagues and some amazing trees in Charleston, SC. It was fantastic to spend some time around some old live oaks on historic properties in and around the city. These trees were too good not to share. A fantastic time…
The US Forest Service Northern Research Station has just launched a toolkit to help agencies, NGOs, and community groups with vacant lot restoration efforts. The Green Pattern Book and Green Pattern Registry were developed and launched in support of the Baltimore Urban Waters Partnership. The Green Pattern Book is a planning and implementation guide for…
It’s the 20th anniversary of the Brownfields program, and I was fortunate to be a part of the Brownfields 2015 Conference in Chicago this week. I got a warm welcome from everyone including my in-room tablet. Mayor Rahm Emanuel shared his vision for a green Chicago and EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy talked about how Brownfields…
The Baltimore Urban Waters Partnership (BUWP) works to develop projects devoted to protecting and restoring urban waters; promoting community revitalization and strengthening the social fabric through the removal of blight, establishment of open spaces, and creation of economic development to serve as catalyst opportunities for disadvantaged neighborhoods, and capitalize on the social and economic benefits…
Last weekend the Urban Ecology Collaborative (UEC) held its annual meeting in Baltimore., and I had a great time participating. The UEC is a community of practice made up of public (federal, state, municipal) and NGO urban foresters from cities across the east (Boston, Worcester, Providence, New Haven, New York, Newark, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Baltimore,…
Trees have value. A client may need to have a tree or trees appraised for a variety of reasons. There are consequently a variety of approaches to tree appraisal, depending on whether the appraisal relates to replacement of lost or damaged plant material, loss of income, change in market value of real property, compensation of…
Today I attended the groundbreaking event for a green infrastructure project on a vacant lot in Baltimore. Last fall, we highlighted the winners of the Growing Green Design Competition. The competitors, teams of community members and professionals, submitted designs based on the Green Pattern Book. The project we celebrated today was one of the winners…
This week we had a fantastic day by the Schuylkill River in downtown Philadelphia. SavATree‘s management team has an annual service day project, and this year we were fortunate to donate a day of tree care to the Woodlands Cemetery. The Woodlands began as the estate of William Hamilton in the 1700’s. In 1840…
We recently provided tree management during construction on a project. Our client was working for a general contractor. There was also a city arborist, an owner, and an architect, so a lot of parties involved. The customary way that consulting arborists provide verification of compliance on a project is by a report. We did that.…
Yesterday I participated in Urban Forestry 2020’s meeting at the University of Maryland. Urban Forestry 2020 is a three-year study funded by the US Forest Service through the National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council to assess perceptions of the urban forestry profession and make recommendations for future development. The project aims to…
