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This article describes fabricated soils, which can be heavily compacted, polluted, and unfertile, full of trash and debris and have unhealthy high or low pH ranges.

This article answers five common questions about trees and utilities, and how conflicts between trees and wires can be resolved.

This article explains why utility companies prune trees, what directional pruning is, how a tree should look after it is directionally pruned, and other options for trees near powerlines.

This article explains how communities can form a tree commission to create and sustain an urban forestry program.

Develop an annual work plan for a municipal tree commission to ensure public trees receive the regular care they need to remain attractive, healthy, and safe.

This article explains the essentials of budgeting for the costs of a community tree program each year. It includes a community tree budget worksheet.

American yellowwood, Cladrastis kentukea, is a great shade tree and a lovely flowering tree.

Street and park tree inventories provide information for the planning, design, planting, maintenance, and removal of community trees.

Integrating drones into pest management strategies, even at scales as small as a single tree, represents an evolution of agriculture and urban forestry.

This article explains planning hierarchies and putting tree planning into practice, including effective administration; analysis of hazardous trees; proper site preparation; and proper tree selection.

Community forests are made up of the trees, plants, wildlife, and water found in places where people live, work, and play together. People play an important part in their care.