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	City of Palo Alto More than 100 years old, Palo Alto is named for a majestic 1,000 year old coastal redwood tree along San Francisquito Creek, where early Spanish explorers settled. Today, Canopy works together with arborists in the City's planning and public works departments to protect Palo Alto’s urban forest. Palo Alto has been a member of Tree City, USA for 17 years.

	California ReLeaf California ReLeaf is a statewide campaign to expand, enhance, and preserve urban and community forests - making our cities and communities more livable, improving the global environment, and connecting people to the land and to each other.

	Center for Urban Forest Research Part of UC Davis, the mission of the Center for Urban Forest Research is to demonstrate new ways that trees add value to communities and convert results into financial terms to stimulate more investment in trees.

	Center for Urban Horticulture Part of the University of Washington, this page features research on peoples' perceptions and behaviors regarding nature in cities.

	No Ivy League Information on ivy and tips for removal.

	International Society of Arboriculture: Aboriculture Online Arboriculture On-line was developed to assist tree area professionals in developing and maintaining effective plant health care programs. Enter one or more search options for locating Certified Arborists from all around the world.

	SelecTree SelecTree is an interactive program designed to match specific tree species to particular sites based on compatible characteristics. SelecTree presently searches a database of 1,485 trees and provides 46 selection criteria to choose from.

	SafeTree The SafeTree Program is a public education and awareness program funded by the shareholders of Pacific Gas and Electric Company and is being developed and carried out under a mandate from the California Public Utilities Commission. Pacific Gas and Electric Company is dedicating five million dollars to this effort over five years (approximately 2000-2004). This project is intended to create greater public awareness about the safety issues concerning proper tree selection and vegetation placement near electric power lines.

	Palo Alto Mediation The Palo Alto Mediation program is part of the City of Palo Alto's Office of Human Services. They can help resolve neighbor to neighbor conflicts that may arise over tree issues.

	Common Ground A not-for-profit garden supply and education center, located in Palo Alto. Common Ground offers a variety of classes and organic gardening products.

	Magic's Oak Tree Regeneration Project In 1980, about a decade before Stanford University celebrated its first centennial, Magic began working in partnership with the University's biology faculty and planning staff to restore stable oak populations on the foothills which rise to the southwest of the central campus.

	California Oak Foundation The California Oak Foundation (COF) is dedicated to protecting and perpetuating California's native oak woodlands and the wildlife habitat and watershed benefits they provide.

	American Forests: Green Cities American Forests, the nation's oldest citizen-based conservation organization, is a leader in the burgeoning urban forestry movement. Highlights of their programs and services.

	TreeLink This site was created to provide information, research, and networking for people working in urban and community forestry. For the researcher, the arborist, the community group leader, the volunteer-our purpose is to inform, educate, and inspire.

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