Helpful Links for Urban Forest Management:

Bergen County Department of Parks and Recreation

Community Forestry Public Outreach and Programs

Cool Communities Shade Tree Program from the San Diego Regional Energy Office — Includes some interesting information on energy savings encouraged through the use of trees.

Cornell University Community Forestry

How To Report a Tree Hazard — with Contact Information and downloadable form

National Register of Historic Trees

NJ Forestry

New Jersey Shade Tree Federation

PSE&G — Trees & Utility Tree Trimming

Rutgers Cooperative Extension — Enviro-Connect at the Forestry Program

Shade Trees and Biodiversity in the Urban Environment from Ohio State University

USDA Forestry Service

United Water NJ — Customer Information Guide

University of Missouri Extension Office: Selecting Landscape Plants: Shade Trees. ( some useful summary information on a variety of tree choices for zone 6 with over 20” of rainfall/year)

Urban Tree Risk Management: A Community Guide to Program Design and Implementation.  By the USDA Forest Service Northeastern Area and issued in the NJ CORE TRAINING manual. This is the text we referenced as our "base line" for tree decisions for the Tree Survey and for ongoing maintenance.  It is the best available authoritative reference standard because it is objective regarding tree hazards, and it is a national resource. (83mb available to be downloaded from USDA website)

What Tree Is It? by the Ohio Public Library Information Network (OPLIN)