Journal
URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING
Volume 34, Issue -, Pages 311-317Publisher
ELSEVIER GMBH
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2018.07.006
Keywords
Massachusetts; Tree warden; Urban forest tree committee; Volunteer
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- Department of Environmental Conservation
- Center for Agriculture, Food and the Environment, University of Massachusetts Amherst
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Citizen engagement through urban forest tree committee volunteer service may aid in providing essential experience, ideas, and skills that support municipal tree management. Using semi-structured, research interviews with tree committee (TC) representatives from across the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, this study addresses current knowledge gaps concerning the general composition, processes, and relationships of volunteer-led urban forest tree committees. Our findings indicate that TC representatives are typically motivated, passionate volunteers who generally desire to work cooperatively with the many associations, organizations, and agencies that comprise the local socio-political landscape. Our findings also indicate it is important that TC representatives make a sustained, concerted effort to work collaboratively with their local tree warden to advance the care of their community's urban trees. Furthermore, it is also essential that municipal managers and decision-makers attempt to provide TC volunteers with appropriate training opportunities, resources, as well as demonstrate appreciation, to further encourage and solidify volunteer-engagement in urban forestry at the local level.
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