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        Innovations in Restoration and Management
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            Innovations in Restoration and Management

            How do assessment, planning, monitoring, DEI, and communications roll up into on-the-ground activities? This section contains case studies and examples of how urban forested natural areas management actually works.
            15 Articles in this category

              The Tale of Two Forests: Oak Management in Memphis’s Urban Forested Natural Areas

              Management for oak (Quercus spp.) recruitment is difficult for many urban forested natural area managers (Piana et al., 2021a). A common theme in species composition of urban forested natural areas is dominance of oaks in the overstory with little t...

              Walnut Creek Metropolitan Park Unified Stewardship Plan

              The Unified Stewardship Plan is a collective effort to foster a mutually beneficial relationship with the Parks and Recreation Department of Austin, Texas and community members and stakeholders to create a holistic practice to manage and preserve th...

              Prioritizing Control of Lesser Celandine (Ficaria Verna) in deciduous Forests in Indianapolis, IN

              Lesser celandine ( Ficaria verna ) is an aggressive ephemeral perennial native to Europe and western Asia that invades floodplains and mesic forests. It has been recorded to escape from cultivation throughout the eastern deciduous forest and has bec...

              Restoration and Management of High-Use Urban Missouri Woodlands and Forests in St. Louis

              St. Louis City’s urban woodland and forested natural areas were modified, degraded, and/or overly-mature habitats that required management intervention for ecological health, species diversity, and public safety. To accomplish long-term success in t...

              Riparian Cottonwood Forest Restoration Along the Yellowstone River in Billings, Montana

              Across Montana, dams curtail annual spring floods, depriving riparian cottonwood forests of the regenerative disturbance processes that sustain them. Invasive plant species further disrupt plant communities and ecosystem dynamics. Billings, MT lies ...

              Green Seattle Partnership Models Regional Urban Natural Areas Restoration Efforts

              The Green Seattle Partnership (GSP) was launched in 2005 to create a model for urban forest natural area restoration in the Puget Sound region of western Washington. To date, thirteen other municipalities and one county have adopted the Green City P...

              Adapting Silvicultural Management Systems to Urban Forests

              An important objective of forest science today is to better serve the cultural and recreational needs of a growing urban population. Forests are complex open systems with multiple functions and to maintain credibility among the public, people in cha...

              Involving Ecologists in Shaping Large-Scale Green Infrastructure Projects

              The article examines a large-scale green infrastructure project that integrates hypothesis-driven experimental research and baseline monitoring with park design, implementation, and maintenance. Drawing on this case study, the authors recommend str...

              Advancing Management of Urban Forested Natural Areas: Toward an Urban Silviculture?

              Cities worldwide are engaging in large-scale greening projects motivated by the wide range of documented ecological, economic, and social benefits of urban forests. Urban forested natural areas are a critical component of the total urban forest but ...

              Silvicultural Restoration of Urban Oak Woodlands in the Chicago Metro Region

              Throughout their global range, oak-dominated ecosystems have undergone state changes in stand structure and composition. Land managers face an especially acute challenge in restoring oak ecosystems and promoting oak regeneration in urban–exurban are...

              Vegetation Monitoring and Professional Sharpshooting to Manage White-Tailed Deer in Indianapolis

              High white-tailed deer abundance at Eagle Creek Park (ECP) in Indianapolis necessitated active management to improve park habitat conditions. Significant deer impacts on local natural areas were first noted in the late 1990’s. Multiple years of deer...

              Urban Silviculture Guide

              Silviculture, a holistic framework for managing forests that is widely used in rural areas, can also be used to manage forests in cities. This guide provides a brief introduction to silvicultural practice, and shows how it can be used to manage f...

              Natural regeneration in urban forests is limited by early-establishment dynamics: implications for management

              Urban forested natural areas are valuable ecological and social resources, but long-term sustainability of these habitats is challenged by environmental and social factors associated with urban ecosystems. In this study, we compare urban and rural o...

              Factors driving natural regeneration beneath a planted urban forest

              Cities around the world are investing in urban forest plantings as a form of green infrastructure. The aim is that these plantations will develop into naturally-regenerating native forest stands. However, woody plant recruitment is often cited as th...

              Ecological Benefits of Creating Stormwater Wetlands and Woodlands in Philadelphia, PA

              Urban development and wetland loss have negatively impacted water quality. Natural areas and systems can help mitigate those impacts. With over two centuries of utilizing the Schuylkill River as a source of drinking water, Philadelphia has adapted f...
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