Additional Resources
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Sample Specification Language to Include in Tree Care Contract
Actions To Prevent Destruction of Active Nests
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Tree and Landscape Care for Wildlife
- Bird Group Breeding Information Table
- Nesting birds common to the California Urban Landscape
- Why hire a wildlife-trained arborist (Tree Care for Birds and other Wildlife Project)
- Expanding the Benefits of Trees to Include Birds by Gillian Martin. Western Arborist. Winter 2019
- The Role of Arborists in Providing Wildlife Habitat and Landscape Linkages Throughout the Urban Forest by Julian A. Dunster
- Practical Advice for Tree Care and Wildlife by Ryan Gilpin
- Trimming Trees in which Nest Boxes Hang
- Tree cutting and pruning to benefit urban wildlife by Brian K. Gilles
- Wildlife Habitat in Urban Areas by Cynthia Orlando
- Managing Wildlife Habitat Through Urban Forestry
- Understanding what a tree is to a bird
- Mistletoe: Where and How Much is at the Crux of its Ecological Role
- What you should know about tree nesting squirrels prior to pruning
- Trees are for the Birds, or Should Be. Arbor Day Foundation
- Trees are for Widlife: Arbor Day Foundation.
Dying and Dead Trees for Wildlife
- Taking the Defect out of Tree Risk Assessment by David Evans
- Wildlife Habitat /Hazardous Tree Decision Model
- Arborists and Wildlife: Retaining Trees for Wildlife Habitat
- Tree Risk Assessment Strategy/Homeowner Policy
- Tree Risk-Benefit Strategy/Landowner Policy
- Tree Risk-Benefit Strategy/Government Agency Policy
- How to protect wildlife before removing a dead tree.
- The Dying Tree: Nature's Legacy by Gillian Martin
- Risk Trees & Cavity-Nesting Birds by Brian Kane, P. Warren, and Susannah Lerman
- The woodpecker and arborist: Two Keystone roles in conservation arboriculture by Gillian Martin
- A Wildlife Photographer’s Journal of a Dying Tree by Gillian Martin. Western Arborist Winter 2021
- What Tree Makes a Good Snag?
Wildlife Emergency
Planting for Wildlife
Sample Articles and Letters
Example uses are for newsletters & social media
Example uses are to inform city officials and homeowner associations about the importance of considering wildlife needs during tree care
Recommended Protocols
- A Willow Flycatcher Survey Protocol for California
- Interim Golden Eagle Inventory and Monitoring Protocols; and Other Recommendations
- A Field Protocol to Monitor Cavity-Nesting Birds
- Recommended Timing and Methodology for Swainson’s Hawk Nesting Surveys in California’s Central Valley
- SDG&E Nesting Bird Management, Monitoring, and Reporting Plan
- Survey and Monitoring Protocols and Guidelines Birds
- Least Bell’s Vireo Survey Guidelines
- Burrowing Owl Survey Protocol and Mitigation Guidelines
- Suggested General Bird Survey Methodology
- 2010 Northern Spotted Owl Survey Protocol protocol (2-18-2010)