This page contains compiled materials that have been useful to us as we work to preserve trees in communities across Ontario. Please let us know if you have relevant materials we could consider adding.
Bylaws and Policies
– Talking to your Neighbour – Private Tree Protection Bylaw in Guelph – Tree Protection Bylaw: Mount Forest – Construction Policies
Tree Care
– Saving your Tree from the next Big Storm
– Tree Preservation Guidelines
– Find An Arborist
– Why Hire a Certified Arborist?
Best Practices in Municipal Tree Protection
– Guiding Urban Forestry into the next Decade
– City of Burlington: Policies, Protection and Planning
– Tree Protection Options Municipal By-law Webinar: June 2023
Education
– Oak Wilt in Ontario
– Oak Wilt Prevention Checklist
– Common Oak Wilt Signs
– Global Warming and Plants
– Are we doing Tree Planting Right?
– One Canopy:Tree Planting Strategy
– Urban Forest Study: Guelph
– A Synopsis on Protecting & Commemorating Heritage Trees
Benefits of Mature Trees
– Tree Canada: Benefits of Trees
– Shade trees reduce building energy use
– The impact of tree and white surfaces
– Neighbourhood greenspace and health in a large urban centre
– TD Special Report: The value of urban Forests across Canada
– Promoting and preserving biodiversity in the urban forest
– The role of trees in urban stormwater management
– The soil surface temperatures reveal moderation of the urban head islands effects by trees and shrubs