Trees
Guide content supports the teaching and research goals of multiple departments on campus. Content represents a non-exhaustive selection of essential resources and tools for engaging a wide range of backgrounds and viewpoints.
- Tree tours & programs
- Anne Frank Tree
- The Literary Grove
- Cultural aspects of trees
- Health and wellness
- Conservation & reforestation
- Books about trees
- Children's books about trees
- Tree identification
- Tree communication
- Tree maps
- Recipes
- Tree Films-UIowa Access Only
Guide Authors
Carolina Kaufman, Director of Education & Engagement, Pentacrest Museums, is credited for curating the majority of the content on this guide.
Other Contributors:
Andrew Dahl, Campus Arborist, Facilities Management
Liz Crooks, Director of Pentacrest Museums, Pentacrest Museums
Laurie Neuerburg, Sciences Head Engagement Librarian, Sciences Library
University of Iowa campus and more
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Iowa City's Tree Equity ScoresTree Equity scores for Iowa City's urban block groups.
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Tree Equity ScoreFind the Tree Equity Score for urban Census block groups in the United States. Tree Equity Score measures how well the benefits of trees are reaching communities living on low-incomes, communities of color and others disproportionately impacted by extreme heat and other environmental hazards.
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World Forest Map & Tree Cover ChangeExplore the state of forests worldwide by analyzing tree cover change on GFW's interactive global forest map using satellite data.
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Iowa Community Tree Inventory ViewerView instructions: https://www.iowadnr.gov/Portals/idnr/uploads/forestry/urban/arcGISdirections.pdf
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Iowa Forests 2018: Interactive ReportA report on the findings from the USDA Forest Service, Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program for Iowa, including features, people, attributes, trends, carbon, sustainability, health, and economics.
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NASA Landsat Forestry ManagementForest managers face many challenges. In the last few years, forest fires have become more intense and more frequent; North American forests have experienced widespread infestations by pests such as the pine bark beetle; and tropical deforestation continues. Our changing climate adds complexity to government and commercial decisions about how to manage, protect, and sustain our forest resources. Landsat satellites provide key data for forest monitoring and management across the globe. Landsat gives us consistent views of the health, composition, and extent of forest ecosystems as they change over time. Curtis Woodcock, Professor, Boston University and specialist in remote sensing, has said, “I would argue that the Landsat data archive may be the most valuable environmental data record we have.” Designed, built, and launched by NASA, Landsat satellites have recorded global forest conditions every year since the 1970’s, and they have observed all U.S. forests once a season throughout those years. The U.S. Geological Survey provides this valuable data to the public at no cost. Landsat observations will continue into the future with Landsat 8.
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Subjects: Biological Sciences, Environmental Studies, Sciences
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