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- 680 Tree Fact Sheets (pdf)
- University of Florida Environmental Horticulture Dept. The selection options include plant family, common name, and scientific name.
- Beauty and The Beast — Billboard Tree Cutting (pdf)
- How the billboard industry makes money by chopping down the public's trees; why states let them, and what you can do to stop it. Scenic America Issue Alerts, 2007.
- Citizens in Duval County, FL are collecting more than 20,000 petitions to put a proposed Charter referendum on the Fall 2000 ballot that will establish county-wide minimum standards for tree protection, conservation and mitigation during development. The grassroots effort follows the weakening of a Jacksonville tree protection ordinance. For more details, see the Citizens for Tree Preservation website.
- Petition for Charter Amendment Minimum Standards for Tree Protection, Conservation and Mitigation During Development
- Blue Skies Ahead: Hot Ways to Cool Down Our Cities — from Newsweek
- This 1998 article recounts how planting trees over just 5% of Los Angeles and replacing dark roofs and blacktop could conserve up to $175 million in cooling costs per year, and would have the same magnitude effect on smog as turning "all" on-road vehicles into electric cars.
- Cities Should Reconsider Tree Inventory Staff — from American City & County
- This article notes that using "volunteer tree inspectors" for a tree inventory "may be penny-wise and pound-foolish," and notes that the city of Toledo, Ohio and a contractor paid $1.5 million in damages when three people were killed when a 36-inch diameter elm fell on them during a storm - because prior to the tragedy the contractor had severed some of the tree's major roots during a sidewalk construction project.
- [placeholder for FDOT and Tree Protection Regulations]
- [placeholder for Florida Communities with Tree Inventories]
- Florida Highway Beautification Act and Duties of the FDOT
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- Greening Our Cities — American Forests
- Greenways Sought for Bus Commuters in South Florida
- How Design Impacts Wellness — Ulrich 10-92
- Identified Benefits of Community Trees and Forests 10-96
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- [placeholder for Loss of Mature Tree Canopy Poses Dramatic Changes to Historic Neighborhoods]
- [placeholder for Recommendations for a Landscape Ordinance]
- Sample Ordinances from Around the State
- Telling the Trees from the Forest — Arbor Age 6-97
- The Tree Inventory
- Tree and Vegetation Conservation Ordinances
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- Trees Make Cents
- Tunneling as Opposed to Trenching to Save Trees During Underground Construction
- Urban Ecological Analysis — American Forests
- Western Center for Urban Forest Research and Education
- Vision: Build better communities by connecting city dwellers with their community forests in ways that will increase understanding, appreciation, and investment in forest health.
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