The USDA Forest Service's Center for Urban Forest Research, a program of the Pacific Southwest Research Station, has been measuring the direct economic benefits that urban forests provide.
Using inventory or sample survey data, the free i-Tree software allows users to calculate estimates of the net value of services that their own urban forest provides. i-Tree has been developed by USDA Forest Service urban forest researchers in cooperation with a number of other professional organizations.
Work plan
Who will be responsible for collating appropriate information on the benefits provided by trees for the plan? In addition to those listed on this page, are there other sources of information on tree-related benefits that should be reviewed?
Outline
List the tree-related benefits that you want to highlight in the introduction to the plan: