Organizations
Local Organzations and Agencies
- City of Pittsburgh Forestry Division (412) 665-3625
- TreeVitalize Pittsburgh- dedicated to restoring tree cover in the region by planting 20,000 trees by 2012
- Pittsburgh Shade Tree Commission
- Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy
- Penn State Co-operative Extenstion- a go-to for all your questions regarding growing things, as well as soil testing, etc.
- Phipps Conservatory and Botancial Gardens
- Western Pennsylvania Conservancy
- Find the Rivers- a community partnership and vision for enhancing the Hill District and its green spaces
- Urban Tree Forge- local woodworker and artist John Metzler gives old urban trees a new life as furniture and art
National and Regional Organizations and Agencies
- TreeLink.org, a resource with links to innovative programs, fact sheets, local and national resources, research, and non-profit organizations
- Treesearch, a new database that allows access to Forest Service research publications online.
- National Alliance for Community Trees, a national coalition of organizations dedicated to the same cause - restoring community forests for the benefit of all people
- TreePeople, the Los Angeles urban forestry non-profit
- Friends of the Urban Forest, the San Francisco urban forestry non-profit
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- USDA Urban and Community Forestry Northeast region
- Southern Center for Urban Forestry Research
- American Forests
- National Tree Trust
- National Arbor Day Foundation
- US National Arboretum
- Green Infrastructure planning and conservation resource
- Low Impact Development Center
- Center for Watershed Protection
Locating a Local Arborist
Always use an arborist who is ISA certified for tree work. Find an ISA certified arborist here.
- American Society of Consulting Arborists - International Society of Arboriculture