Tree benefit communities and urban ...

Tree benefit communities and urban environments economically, socially and environmentally, and in order for them to remain assets to communities, they must receive regular maintenance and care. Municipal tree management programs carry to a great degree of the responsibility for ensuring the health of urban forests in the United States.

further the average municipal tree management parcel in the United States, adjusted for inflation, has decreased significantly, falling from $414 by capita to $2.49 per capita since 1986 according to a subject of attention recently released by the International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) Research Trust.

The cogitation consisted of a 67-item self-report questionnaire, which was sent to a stratified random sample of municipal decision-makers in communities of all populations from first to last the United States. Two reports were produced: Municipal Tree Management and an electronic report, MuniTree.

Respondent were asked questions about funding, urban forest management practices and prices and partnerships with ...