Science Serving Society: Hot Topics in Urban Forestry Research Beth Larry, USDA Forest Service

1. U.S. Forest Service
URBAN RESEARCH
Science Serving Society
Hot topics in
urban forestry research
Partners in Community Forestry
National Conference
November 7 2013
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2. The Forest Service has
a research mission.

3. Forest Service
scientists throughout
the U.S. study
urban forestry and
environmental issues.

4. forest
inventory and
management
long-term
ecosystem
research
services
FS
URBAN
research
water &
human
health &
watersheds
well-being
green
infrastructure
urban
sustainability

5. Our scientists are
regionally based,
but they are a
national resource.

6. USDA Forest Service
Urban Research Locations

7. We focus on
science application
and relevancy.

8. …Informing science-based decision-making
that leads to livable, desirable, sustainable
cities and urban places.
building science capacity
delivering knowledge & decision tools

9. Our program
emphasizes placebased, long-term,
collaborative research.

10. Ken Belt, USFS

11. HOT TOPICS
Morgan Grove, USFS
TREES AND PUBLIC HEALTH

12. HOT TOPICS
URBAN TREE
CANOPY
(UTC)
TOOLS

13. HOT TOPICS
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SUSTAINABLE CITIES

14. HOT TOPICS
SUSTAINABLE CITIES
www.urban-sustainability-rcn.org

15. HOT TOPICS
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URBAN RESILIENCE

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HOT TOPICS

17. HOT TOPICS
ECOSYSTEM
SERVICES….AND
DISSERVICES
understanding the
uncertainty

18. HOT TOPICS
ECOSYSTEM
SERVICES….AND
DISSERVICES
understanding the
uncertainty

19. HOT TOPICS
ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE

20. Morgan Grove, USFS
“Far too often the poorest neighborhoods have the least
amount of trees, and the least access to open space – where
there is nature, its quality is questionable.”

21. Beth Larry
U.S. Forest Service
Washington DC
eblarry@fs.fed.us