Sources for More Information

Bulletin #39: Putting Trees to Work

Books

• Urban Forestry–Planning and Managing Urban Greenspaces
  by Robert W. Miller. Waveland Press. ssss502 pp.
  Second edition. An excellent text and reference book that includes a valuable section on the practical benefits of community trees.

• Backyard Woods
  This 44-page publication by the Arbor Day Foundation encourages productive and enjoyable use of private woodlands of any size.

Below are three good starting points for understanding the philosophy behind permaculture.

• Introduction to Permaculture
  by Bill Mollison with Reny Mia Slay. Tagari Publications.
• Permaculture Two–Practical Design for Town and Country in Permanent Agriculture
  by Bill Mollison. Tagari Publications.
• Food Not Lawns–How to Turn Your Yard into a Garden and Your Neighborhood into a Community
  by H.C. Flores. Chelsea Green Publishing Co.

Also type “permaculture” into your favorite search engine for more information.

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Booklet

Conservation Trees is an Arbor Day Foundation booklet that explains the many ways to use trees on the land and offers tips for their pruning and care.

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Newsletter

The National Agroforestry Center issues a periodic online newsletter, Inside Agroforestry, on use of trees and shrubs in agricultural systems and urban settings.

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Quick Links to Key Websites

• The Illinois Water Survey offers excellent suggestions for using trees to stabilize creek banks.
• Visit the Hazelnut Consortium for ways to use hazelnuts as a sustainable crop with myriad environmental and economic benefits.
• The many practical benefits of trees have been documented by researchers in the U.S. Forest Service. Find the results summarized at the website of the Urban Ecosystems and Processes.