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Trees and Construction — 15 items

Link A Landowner's Guide to Building Foesty Access Roads
Roads provide needed access to small woodlots; however, high costs, land disturbance, degradation of water quality, and destruction of fish habitat can all ...
Link Assessing Construction Damage:Tree Damage Exposure Values and Recovery Time
Tree-literacy is critical to living with and among trees in our built-up environments.
Link Assessing Extent and Severity of Mechanical Injuries in Trees
Assessing new mechanical injuries present in a tree using visual, non-invasive observations is difficult and prone to wild variability, inaccuracy, and ...
Link Construction and Tree Protection
This is an interactive desk reference section of the North Carolina Forest Extension.
Link Construction Damage Assessments: Trees and Sites
A key component in assessing development impacts on trees is the systematic evaluation of damage. Many types of damage occur repeatedly over a site, and from ...
Link Minimizing the impact of construction activity on trees
Construction Tolerance and Comments Regarding Trees Commonly Found in Ohio
Link Preserving Trees Affected By Development
Mature trees provide many benefits to development sites. They enhance the aesthetic character of the area, give scale to the new buildings, provide shade, give ...
Link Protecting Existing Trees During Constructioin
Working around existing trees or under their canopies can be harmful to the trees. If you are planning to do work under the tree canopy or dripline of the tree ...
Link Protecting Trees During Construction
The decision to protect and preserve trees on a construction site is an important one. Many sites are chosen for residential or business use simply because the ...
Link Protecting Trees from Construction Damage: A Homeowner's Guide
This publication explains some things that landowners can do to minimize the impact of construction on trees. It describes landscape protection plans, special ...
Link Relative Tolerance of Tree Species to Construction Damage
Each tree species, and each unique individual, will respond to the stress and strain of construction activities in different ways. Some species vary widely in ...
Link The Response of Ohio's Native and Naturalized Trees to Construction Activity
The American public generally has a love affair with trees. One manifestation of that love affair is the willingness of homeowners to pay 10 to 30 percent more ...
Link Tree-Literate Treehouses
There is an attraction between trees and children. A tree's constant motion even in the stillest air, and its great size and reach make a tree fascinating. At ...
Link Tree Protection from Construction Damage
Trees can be damaged or killed by a wide variety of construction activities. It's not always easy to save trees, but your efforts will help. This document ...
Link Tree Roots in Urban Landscapes
The top of the tree is easy to see, thus any problems there are quickly noted. But did you know that much of the tree decline you see above ground is due to ...
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