Pacific Southwest Research Station

Pacific Southwest Research Station
800 Buchanan Street
West Annex Building
Albany, CA 94710-0011

(510) 559-6300

Urban Ecosystems and Social Dynamics

Urban Ecosystems and Processes

Volunteer-Based Inventory and Monitoring

Summary

A workshop dedicated to identifying key components of successful volunteer-led inventory and monitoring (I&M) programs in the field of urban forestry was held in February 1999. Findings were used in the development of a volunteer I&M project involving local area high school students.

Years of Research:  1998-2000

Funded by:  Natural Resource Conservation Education Program (NRCEP), USDA Forest Service

Cooperators:  Sacramento Tree Foundation

Products / Publications:

1. Cozad, Shauna; E.G. McPherson; James A. Harding. 2005. STRATUM Case Study Evaluation in Minneapolis, Minnesota . USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, Center for Urban Forest Research - View Document [25.05 MB]

2. Tretheway, R., M. Simon, E.G. McPherson and S. Mathis (eds). 1999. Volunteer-based urban forest inventory and monitoring programs: results from a two-day workshop, Sacramento, 1999. Sacramento: Sacramento Tree Foundation - View Document [122.22 KB]