Forestry and Natural Resources
Unit 22: Urban and Community Forestry
Unit 22: Urban and Community Forestry
Lesson 4: Managing Our Urban Forest
Duration: 2 Hours
Students will be able to:
1. Discuss the professional opportunities available in urban and community forestry.
2. Identify national, regional and local urban forestry (community) groups.
Suggested Activities:
22.4A Guest Lecturer - Invite in a urban forester to speak to the class.
22.4B Field Trip to a City Yard - Visit a city corporation yard to observe the tree crew.
22.4C Research Project – Research a local urban forestry nonprofit project.
Teaching Outline
I. Managing our urban forest
A. Professional opportunities
1. City urban forester
2. State urban forester
3. Consulting arborist
4. Tree care consultant
5. Government worker: urban and community forestry (California department of
forestry, us forest service)
6. Researcher
7. Soil scientist
B. Tree care careers
1. Certified arborist
2. Certified tree care worker
3. Utility arborist
4. IPM tech.
C. Community service
1. Using volunteers to maintain, protect and plant a healthy urban forest
a. Tree planting
b. Community education
c. Maintenance
d. Street and park tree inventories
e. Monitor health of the urban forest
2. Tree planting/educational organizations
a. American forests
b. National tree trust
c. Global ReLeaf
d. Arbor day foundation
e. Alliance for community trees
f. California ReLeaf
g. Local groups
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