Shade Trees and Tree Wardens: Revising the History of Urban Forestry
Author: Ricard, Robert M.1
Source: Journal of Forestry, Volume 103, Number 5, July/August 2005 , pp. 230-233(4)
Abstract:
The contributions that urban forestry has made to society have been increasing over the past two decades. The profession has its origins, as does forestry and other natural resource professions, in the first conservation era of the late 1800s. Tree warden laws are some of the earliest and most important urban forestry laws passed by state legislatures. The importance of public shade trees was recognized by amateur forestry activists, and public sentimentality for shade trees was used strategically by these activists as a forest policy persuasion tool.Keywords: history; law; policy; urban forestry; environmental management; forest; forest management; forest resources; forestry; forestry research; forestry science; natural resources; natural resource management
Document Type: Regular article
Affiliations: 1: Extension Educator Urban and Community Forestry The University of Connecticut's Cooperative Extensions System 1800 Asylum Avenue West Hartford CT 06117-2600, Email: robert.ricard@uconn.edu
