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ALB in Massachusetts Webcast Replay Online

The recent UNRI webcast session “Asian Longhorned Beetle in Massachusetts: The Battle Continues” is now available for replay and download. This session features featuring Julie Coop, MA DCR and Clint McFarland, USDA-APHIS, provided an update of the challenging work to control and eradicate the ALB outbreak in Worcester County, Massachusetts. The session provided an update [...]

Upcoming Special Event – i-Tree Streets: Keeping it Simple, Affordable and Useful

Have you wanted to complete a street tree inventory in your community, but have been a bit nervous about trying to learn new software?  Choosing the correct tools to use for data collection, archiving and analysis can be a daunting task.  Well, over the past few years, the i-Tree Streets tool has undergone many modifications [...]

Upcoming Webcast “ALB in Massachusetts: The Battle Continues”

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 - 11:00 AM (Eastern) via the web 
Please plan to attend the February 2012 UNRI Webcast “Asian Longhorned Beetle in Massachusetts: The Battle Continues”, featuring Julie Coop the Incident Commander for the Massachusetts Department of Conservation & Recreation.  This webcast will provide an update on the continued advancement of the Asian Longhorned Beetle in [...]

Micro-climate Study of Springfield, MA Tornado Impact Zone Completed

A team of USDA Forest Service researchers, from the Northern Research Station and the Urban Natural Resources Institute (UNRI), located in Amherst, MA, has just released the findings of an initial study of the impacts of the June 1st tornado on the micro-climate in the tornado damaged zone.  Using a series of monitoring stations that [...]

Forest Service Chief Discusses Urban Forests in Video Segment

Chief of the US Forest Service, Tom Tidwell, discusses  the value of urban forests in our cities in a recently presented video segment, recorded as part of National NeigborWoods Month.  To view the video, please visit - http://thegrove.americangrove.org/video/usfs-chief-tom-tidwell-neighborwoods-month-2011-1

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