Project Description
Phoenixville Urban Forest Assessment
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Purpose
We were hired by the Borough of Phoenixville to do a full Level II tree inventory as outlined in ISA’s Best Management Practices – Tree Risk Assessment, Second Edition (2017). The Borough was concerned about how their urban forest was aging and the high percentage of invasive trees. Public safety was a paramount concern as well a plan to improve the urban forest diversity rating going forward.
Actions
Worked with borough council to understand the needs of the inventory
Collected data in the field by mapping it on specialize software
Ran completed data base through the iTree Eco: Forest and Community Tree Assessment software to calculate the ecosystem benefits of the community
Ran data analysis to determine the diversity of the urban forest
Applied the 10/20/30 rule of diversity to qualify the ecosystem as properly diverse or not
Rated the urban forest’s health by diagnosing the conditions of the trees
Analyzed the DBH and tree species to approximate the age of the urban forest
Researched the goal of percent canopy cover given by the Tree Equity Score Analyzer and compare the data collected to the goal
