Presentations
Urban forestry presentations that have downloadable PowerPoint or PDF copies that you may use as-is, or modify for your local community.
Urban forestry presentations may be connected with an event in the event calendar and also with the UFS speakers database. Or they may be independent of the event calendar in which case the event and speaker details are listed in the detailed presentation description.
- How Trees and Urban Forest Systems Affect Stormwater Runoff
- This presentation was given on August 18, 2016 at the Georgia Urban Forest Council 3rd Quarterly Program centered around "Trees as Green Infrastructure".
- Mock Disaster Exercises for the Urban Forest Strike Team
- A report on Region 8 (USDA Forest Service) UFST mock exercises conducted in Virginia, Georgia, and Arkansas. Presented at the U&CF Coordinators winter meeting in Gulfport (MS).
- GIS Data Model for Urban Tree Inventory, Management, and Research
- This presentation discusses the development of a GIS data model to support urban forest management and research at GaTech that integrates i-Tree Eco ecosystem service calculations with GaTech’s existing Campus-wide database management system, standards, and protocols.
- Urban and Community Forestry: Challenges
- This presentation is based on an overview of the national U&CF program prepared by Jan Davis (Director Urban & Community Forestry, Washington, DC) that focuses on U&CF priorities developed collaboratively with national urban forestry partners (Vibrant Cites, President's Climate Action Plan, NUCFAC).
- Urban Forests - Resiliency and Response to Natural Disasters
- A short presentation to the Urban Sustainability Directors' Network (USDN).
- Insects of Trees
- A component of the Georgia Master Gardener urban forestry training program.
- Urban Forests - Resiliency and Response to Natural Disasters (with Resources)
- The short presentation to the Urban Sustainability Directors' Network with additional resources (slides) covering risk and the Urban Forest Strike Team (UFST) role.
- Arborists and Disaster Preparedness - The Professional's Role
- A presentation to the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of ISA in Blackburg, Virginia; October 7, 2014.
- Planning for Disaster - Arborists Professional Role (17Jan14)
- A presentation to the Nebraska Arborists Association (NAA) at their 2014 Great Plains Conference in Lincoln, NE.
- Disaster Response – UFST and Municipal Arborists (17Jan14)
- A presentation to the Nebraska Arborists Association (NAA) at their 2014 Great Plains Conference in Lincoln, NE.
- Role of Professional Arborists in Disaster Preparedness and Recovery
- A presentation to the Northern Virginia Urban Forestry Roundtable on tree risk management, professional arborists, and disaster preparedness.
- What Does the City Have - Things to Consider - Abbey
- Buck Abbey's Monday morning (10:15-11:15 a.m.) presentation at the 2013 UFI
- Urban Forestry Institute - Nashville, TN - May 6-10, 2013 Presentations
- This zip file contains all presentations given at the Urban Forestry Institute in Nashville, TN May 6-10, 2013. This file is over 140 mb.
- Using Trees to Help Mitigate Tropospheric Ozone Levels and Stormwater Runoff in Desoto County
- This presentation was given to the Desoto County Stormwater Engineer and Environmental Quality Director on April 4, 2013 in Hernando, MS.
- Vegetation Risk Management Template
- A Powerpoint presentation to support the development of local Vegetative Risk Management Plans (VRMP).
- Collaboration Opportunities for Urban Forestry and Emergency Management
- A Powerpoint presentation to support the development of local Vegetative Risk Management Plans (VRMP).
- Debris Management - Staging Areas
- A Powerpoint presentation to support the development of local Vegetative Risk Management Plans (VRMP).
- Smart Phone Apps for Urban Foresters & Arborists
- A PDF of a presentation made at the 2012 Annual Conference of the Alabama Urban Forestry Association.
- Urban Trees: Site and Tree Selection
- A component of the Georgia Master Gardener urban forestry training program.
- Urban Trees: Installation and Maintenance
- A component of the Georgia Master Gardener urban forestry training program.
- Urban Tree Risk Management: A Comprehensive Framework (PPT-II)
- Part II (PowerPoint file) of a presentation at the 2012 Mississippi Urban Forest Council annual meeting in Jackson.
- Urban Tree Risk Management: A Comprehensive Framework (PPT-I)
- Part I (PowerPoint file) of a presentation at the 2012 Mississippi Urban Forest Council annual meeting in Jackson.
- Urban Tree Diseases
- Urban Tree Diseases
- Urban Tree: Diseases
- A component of the Georgia Master Gardener urban forestry training program.
- Urban Tree: Dendrology (Tree ID)
- A component of the Georgia Master Gardener urban forestry training program.
- Urban Tree Appraisal
- Concepts and applications used to derive specific dollar values for urban and community trees
- Urban Forest Inventory: i\xe2\x80\x90Tree Eco Pilot Project at Auburn University
- This presentation was given by Nick Martin (MS graduate student, School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, Auburn Univeristy) at the 2011 North American Tree Conference in Savannah, GA.
- Extending the Bare Root Tree Planting Window in the South: Using a Gravel Bed to Grow Fibrous Root Systems
- This presentation was given at the 2012 Southern ISA Annual Conference in Birmingham, AL on March 20, 2012.
- Urban Tree: Biology
- A component of the Georgia Master Gardener urban forestry training program.
- Urban Forestry & Green Infrastructure
- A component of the Georgia Master Gardener urban forestry training program.
- Urban Forest Inventory: A Primer
- A component of the Georgia Master Gardener urban forestry training program.
- Trees and Construction
- A component of the Georgia Master Gardener urban forestry training program.
- The Urban Forest Management Plan
- A component of the Georgia Master Gardener urban forestry training program.
- ANSI A300 Tree Risk Assessment Standard
- This presentation discusses the ANSI A300 (Part 9)-2011 Tree Risk Assessment Standard with a risk specification written for the Urban Forest Strike Teams (UFST) and an a more generalized risk specification for municipalities or consulting arborists offering professional tree risk assessments.
- Assessing the Potential for Developing Urban Carbon Offset Projects in the US South
- A presentation on research related to urban forest carbon market feasibility.
- Urban Tree Risk and Disasters
- This presentation discusses the role of urban tree risk management in local disaster planning. It introduces the Urban Tree Risk Index (UTRI) model which is a landscape scale GIS implementation for urban tree risk assessment.
