Tools

Resources that facilitate forestry activities using the best science-supported methods.

• CRTI Tree Care Door Hangers

• CRTI Tree Preservation Ordinance Templates

• ANSI 2014 American Standard for Nursery Stock (free)

  • Other ANSI standards (for purchase)

    • Pruning

    • Soil Management

    • Supplemental Support Systems

    • Lightning Protection Systems

    • Management of Trees and Shrubs During Site Planning, Site Development, and Construction

    • Planting and Transplanting

    • Integrated Vegetation Management

    • Root Management Standard

    • Tree Risk Assessment

• Citizens for Conservation Habitat Corridors (Barrington area)

• Conservation@Home

  • The Conservation Foundation Conservation@Home and Conservation@Work (DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Will Counties)

  • Barrington Area Conservation Trust Conservation@Home, Conservation@Work, or Conservation@School (Barrington area)

  • Conserve Lake County Conservation@Home (Lake County Forest Preserve District)

  • The Land Conservancy of McHenry County Conservation@Home (McHenry County)

• Datasets

  • ​Chicago Wilderness Green Infrastructure Vision

• Equipment Garage's Growing Cost of Invasive Species Infographic and related blog post

• Illinois Public Works Mutual Aid Network

• International Society of Arborist Basic Tree Risk Assessment Form

• Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science Climate Change Response Framework

• Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science Lessons Learned from the Urban Forestry Climate Change Response Framework Project

• Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science Adaptation Workbook

• Northeastern Illinois Invasive Plant Partnership Homeowner fact sheets (English and Spanish)

  Northeastern Illinois Invasive Plant Partnership Landscape Alternatives brochure (English and Spanish)

• StewMap​

• The Morton Arboretum Northern Illinois Tree Species List

• The Morton Arboretum Selecting and Planting Trees Guide

• The Morton Arboretum Northern Illinois Tree Selector

• The Morton Arboretum Retrofitting Large Landscapes for Sustainability

• The Morton Arboretum Fact sheets

  • Insects, Diseases, Planting, and Mulching

  • Thousand Cankers Disease

• The Morton Arboretum Tree Tools

• The Morton Arboretum Selecting and Planting Trees Guide

• The Nature Conservancy  Tree Pest videos

• The Nature Conservancy Eastern States Pest ID Cards

• The Nature Conservancy Thousand Cankers Disease video

• The Nature Conservancy 3 Part Healthy Trees, Healthy Cities Tree Care Videos

• The Nature Conservancy Trees Pests and People documentary

• University of Illinois Plant Clinic

• University of Illinois List of Soil Testing Laboratories

• USDA Forest Service Tree Owners Manual

• USDA Forest Service i-Tree Tools

• USDA Forest Service Tools for Engaging Landowners Effectively

• USDA Forest Service List of Tree Inventory and Management Software