Community Forestry Master Planning for Small Communities:

Street tree inventory project - Application

Name of community: ________________________________________________

Level of involvement: Student inventory team, Volunteer inventory team, Municipal staff

Project contact person - Public official to act as liaison between municipality and Community Forestry Outreach Team

Name: ______________________ Phone #: _________________ E-mail: ______________

Address______________________________ City___________________ Zip____________

Signature__________________________________________   Date________

Municipal employee - staff person designated to maintain database.

Name: _______________________ Phone #: __________________ E-mail: _____________

Address_____________________________ City___________________ Zip_____________

Estimated number of street trees – __________________
To estimate street trees: 1. Count the number of blocks, or miles within municipal boundaries; 2. Calculate 10% of total;  3. Drive (randomly) along calculated number of blocks or miles counting trees; 4. Multiply count by 10. 

Current community forestry efforts - Check all that currently apply to your community.
Community tree board      Street tree inventory        ‘Tree City’ designation  
Street tree ordinance       Community tree management plan

Data summary and management plan workshop – October or November (date to be announced).
In this workshop participating communities will receive the data collected during the inventory and an overview of developing a community tree management plan.  It is imperative that at least one representative attend this workshop.

Name of Person Attending________________________________________ (at least one)

Send application to:    Nina Bassuk, Horticulture Sectxion, 135 Plant Science Bldg, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853. Phone: (607) 255-4586 or as an attachment to: nlb2@cornell.edu