General Information: Forestry in Your Community

How to Fit Large Trees Into Landscapes
Learn about the environmental and social values of large trees to communities, and ways to make room for large trees in crowded towns and cities. This presentation was recorded by Dr. Mike Kuhns at the High Desert Green Industry Conference in Redmond, Oregon, February 14, 2006. Versions also were presented at the Minnesota Shade Tree Short Course in Minneapolis, Minnesota on March 21, 2006, the National Arbor Day Foundation's Community Forestry At Its Best Conference in Nebraska City in September 2002, and elsewhere. Click to download a pdf version of the slide handout.
2005 Utah Green Industry Conference Tree Care Workshop Presentations This connects you to a series of recorded presentations from the Utah Green Industry Conference Tree Care Workshop on January 24-25, 2005, including topics related to drought and tree health, tree and shrub selection, and shrub pruning.
Ensuring Effective Community Involvement in Urban Forestry Programs
Create a Forest for Your Trees
Heating With Wood
Christmas Tree Selection and Care
Utah Grown Christmas Trees

Utah's Community Forests Report (pdf) This report was written by Mike Kuhns and Doug Reiter of USU and Brook Lee, formerly of the Utah Division of Forestry, Fire, and State Lands. It summarizes the results from a survey of community forestry managers from across Utah.

Utah’s Community Forests: Results of a Survey of Utah Towns and Cities This presentation includes highlights taken from the 2003 "Utah's Community Forests" report. Data is summarized from a study of Utah's communities where leaders were asked about their community forestry program characteristics. This talk was presented by Dr. Mike Kuhns at the annual conference of the Utah Community Forest Council-Utah Chapter ISA in Ogden, Utah, November 21, 2003.
Characteristics of Urban Forestry Programs in Utah (pdf) This article (published in the Journal of Arboriculture) was taken from the Utah Community Forests study linked above.
What People, and Trees, Think About Utility Tree Pruning
Learn how trees react to, and are affected by, utility tree pruning. Also, review the results of a study describing peoples' attitudes about such pruning and the people who do the pruning, and about the effects of a simple educational brochure on those attitudes. Suggestions are made for ways for utilities and tree advocates to promote good utility tree management. A short video clip also is included at the end that provides a good example of a utility helping the public understand the science and professionalism behind utility tree pruning. This presentation is adapted from talks Mike Kuhns gave at the 2005 Pacific Northwest ISA Conference, National Trees and Utilities Conference, ISA Conference, PNW Utility Vegetation Management Conference, Western Slope Tree Care Conference (Colorado), and the 2006 Minnesota Shade Tree Short Course. Click to download a pdf version of the slide handout and the educational brochure Trees and Utilities.
Knowledge of and Attitudes About Utility Tree Pruning and How Education Can Help (pdf) This is an article published in Arboriculture and Urban Forestry outlining the results of the study described above.