Conference materials available. (News from the World of Trees).Proceedings from AMERICAN FORESTS' 2001 National Urban Forest Conference are now available. The Proceedings offer a snapshot of innovative work on urban ecosystems contained in 41 papers presented during the September conference. Among the items of interest: * Information presented by Ray Suarez
* Stormwater runoff, water quality, and development alternatives. * New advances in quantifying the environmental benefits of trees. The Proceedings are $35 plus shipping and handling. Checks payable to AMERICAN FORESTS American Forests is a nonprofit conservation organization that promotes healthy forests and urban tree planting. The organization was established in 1875 as the American Forestry Association, by physician/horticulturist John Aston Warder and a group of like-minded citizens can be mailed to: Robby Ferguson, 910 17th Street, NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC 20006. You can also order a copy of "From Gray to Green: Reversing the Urban Tree Deficit," a video produced by AMERICAN FORESTS for the conference. The $10 video shows the benefits trees offer urban areas and how computer software can be combined with satellite imagery Satellite imagery consists of photographs of Earth or other planets made from artificial satellites. History The first satellite photographs of Earth were made August 14, 1959 by the US satellite Explorer 6. and aerial photography This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. Please help Wikipedia by adding references. See the for details. This article has been tagged since September 2007. to determine the environmental and economic values city trees provide. |
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