• Urban Forest Health Monitoring
• Establishing the Value of Street Trees
• A Regional Model for Storm Response
• Volunteer Urban Forest Resouce Inventories
• Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Pilot Project 

Current Projects

The Northeast Center for Urban and Community Forestry has developed a draft work plan for
1998-2001. Projects that provide regional models will be the focus of the Center's initiatives. It is
anticipated that the Center will be assisting, in the upcoming months, with the following projects
throughout the region.

• Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Monitoring Pilot Project; (PDF File)
• "Train the Trainers" street tree inventories utilizing community volunteers;
• Urban Forest Health Monitoring
• The development of a hazard tree training program for municipalities including workshops, informational materials, slides, and a workbook;
• Compile a regional speakers list;
• The development of a WWW page for the Center that will act as a clearinghouse for information, technology, and discussion
• Addressing the rural character of New England/New York;
• Assisting at the policy level and working at all levels of government;
• Keeping a regional approach to the work of the Center;
• Assessing the value of urban trees;
• Storm Response & Recovery in urban areas;
• Storm Damage Assessment in urbanareas; (PDF File)
• Visual Analysis of 1998 Ice Storm Damage in Burlington, Vermont; (PDF File)
• Replicate successful programs and initiatives around the New England/New York area.
• A listing of projects that the NCUCUF has completed in Massachusetts.