Submitted by Paul Forrest With the goal to create a greener Port Angeles, the City marked a significant milestone on October 14, 2023, with the inaugural mass distribution of 140 free trees to residents under the new City Shade Street Tree Program. The roots of this initiative trace back to a 2011 urban tree canopy … Continue reading Cultivating Canopy: Unveiling Port Angeles’ City Shade Street Tree Program
USDA Reveals New Plant Hardiness Zones
By: Rachel Santa Olalla For the first time since 2012, the United States Department of Agriculture has updated the Climate Hardiness Zones Map, a well-used resource for any landscape professional. Most growers, gardeners, designers, arborists, and related professionals use the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map as the standard to work with when selecting plants and … Continue reading USDA Reveals New Plant Hardiness Zones
Planting and Pruning Workshops With the Department of Natural Resources
By DNR Western Washington Urban Forestry Technician Em Roberts As the Urban Forestry Technician for Western Washington in the Urban and Community Forestry Program at DNR, I have a goal of supporting communities in their efforts to manage urban trees and forests to the best of their abilities. A major component of this work is … Continue reading Planting and Pruning Workshops With the Department of Natural Resources
City of Snohomish’s Urban Forestry Management Enhanced by Interactive Tree Inventory Map
By Brooke Eidem (City of Snohomish) As the City of Snohomish sought to develop its Urban Forestry Program and determine our urban forestry needs, we started with a partially complete tree inventory from 2007 that included trees located in parks and select city properties. When we heard about the DNR Urban and Community Forestry Program’s … Continue reading City of Snohomish’s Urban Forestry Management Enhanced by Interactive Tree Inventory Map
Faces of Urban Forestry: Michael Sanborn
By Michael Sanborn Michael Sanborn is the new Eastern Washington Technician for the WA DNR Urban and Community Forestry Program. Mike has a strong history working in arboriculture, and we’re excited to have him join our team. He looks forward to working with you all! You can contact Mike to say hello or to ask … Continue reading Faces of Urban Forestry: Michael Sanborn
What the State Capitol Campus Arbor Day Plantings Show us about the Care of Trees in the Urban Landscape
By Em Roberts, Urban Forest Technician for WA Western Region Trees are an integral component to the health, functionality, success, and well-being of all communities. Arbor Day provides us an excellent opportunity to celebrate trees and our urban forests. This year’s Washington Arbor Day Celebration will be held on April 12, 2023 at 10:00AM at … Continue reading What the State Capitol Campus Arbor Day Plantings Show us about the Care of Trees in the Urban Landscape
During Planting Season, Consider Trees for Climate Resilience
The spring planting season is officially upon us, meaning that homeowners, tree advocates, urban foresters and other natural resource managers all have the opportunity to make a positive impact on their local community by planting new trees. When choosing which species to plant, the decision may be tougher than previously imagined. In a new study … Continue reading During Planting Season, Consider Trees for Climate Resilience
Caring for Trees in the Urban Landscape
By Em Roberts, Urban Forest Technician for WA Western Region Young leaves emerge on green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica) in spring 2021 (Chelan, WA). Photo by: Daria Gosztyla/WA DNR The turn of the season from winter to spring here in Washington state brings with it many exciting experiences to life such as longer days, changes in … Continue reading Caring for Trees in the Urban Landscape
A Tree to Try: Persian Parrotia or Persian Ironwood
By Daria Gosztyla, DNR Urban Forest Projects and Outreach Specialist (newly appointment Inventory Specialist) One recent weekend I was caught at the Edmonds Ferry Terminal for an extended period due to only one ship running the route at the time, and I did what any arborist caught sitting in a parking lot for over an … Continue reading A Tree to Try: Persian Parrotia or Persian Ironwood
Society of Municipal Arborists Urban Tree of the Year
Carpinus caroliniana, also known as Musclewood, or American hornbeam, is a low-growing deciduous tree with leaves that turn bright reddish-orange in the autumn has been crowned the 2022 Society of Municipal Arborists Urban Tree of the Year. Each fall, members of the Society of Municipal Arborists select the next year’s Urban Tree of the Year. … Continue reading Society of Municipal Arborists Urban Tree of the Year
A Tree to Try: Dawn Redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides)
The Urban and Community Forestry team here in Washington may have a special place in our tree palette for deciduous conifers (see previous article on baldcypress). Although they may look like our well-known evergreens, these unique trees may frighten those who are not familiar with their unique adaptation to lose their needles each year. Along … Continue reading A Tree to Try: Dawn Redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides)
Urban and community Forestry in Washington State 