Resources and Knowledge Base
We continue to compile useful and fun information about trees, what they do, how to care for them, and how to advocate for them. This page includes info on Book Recommendations and Tree Benefits. If you have suggestions for links to include here, please let us know at treetroit@gmail.com
Recommended Books
Diana Beresford-Kroeger To Speak for the Trees
Peter Wohlleben The Hidden Life of Trees
Katherine May Wintering: The power of rest and retreat in difficult times
Peter J. Marchand Life in the Cold: An Introduction to Winter Ecology
Douglas W Tallamy The Nature of Oaks
Tree Planting and Care
Trees Are Good - Planting a Tree
Urban Tree Foundation - Planting
Trees Are Good - Choosing The Right Tree
DNR - Tree Maintenance Guidelines
Native tree and plant nursery https://www.wildtypeplants.com/
USDA Tree Owner’s Manual (Tree placement and more) www.treeownersmanual.info
MSU Extension’s Michigan Tree Identification https://www.canr.msu.edu/resources/identifying-trees-of-michigan-e2332-revised-2022
On The Benefits of Trees
Scientific Proof of the value of old growth trees - A list of books and research compiled by Archangel Ancient Tree Archive
Why we need trees, and the right trees: https://wdet.org/2024/06/20/why-urban-areas-like-detroit-are-more-at-risk-during-heat-waves/
Nature based activities : https://discovertheforest.org
A general summary - Benefits of Trees
NY Times - A biochemical look at aerosols
Sacred Forests of India: A Strong Tradition of Community-Based Natural Resource Management
Time Magazine - Air Conditioning Will Not Save Us
The Guardian - The forest knows: the Amazon village with a message for the world – a photo essay
Tree benefit research and evidence https://www.vibrantcitieslab.com/
Why we need trees https://www.releafmichigan.org/why-we-need-trees.html
American Journal of Comunity Phychology - A greening theory of change: How neighborhood greening impacts adolescent health disparities
Restoration
A Michigan non-profit clones the oldest and largest trees for reforestation https://www.ancienttreearchive.org/
On Glyphosate (Roundup) - https://www.drugwatch.com/roundup/glyphosate/
Indigenous efforts to restore Buffalo - https://windriverbuffalo.org/
Native Medicine Garden for and by the Burt Lake Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians - https://ojibwe.net/cheboiganing-burt-lake-bands-healing-landscape-garden/
Detroit Bird City Restoring Native Meadow Habitats - https://www.detroitaudubon.org/conservation/detroit-bird-city/
New Fish Passage at Henry Ford Estate Dam on the Rouge River - https://www.allianceofrougecommunities.com/PDFs/general/HFE%20Dam%20Fishway%20Public%20Education%20Handout.pdf
One Man’s Mission to Revive the Last Redwood Forests - Archangel Ancient Tree Archive in Michigan
The Northeast Has Unexpected Old-Growth Forests That Survived Colonial Axes - Expanding the remaining patches may hold the key to ecological resilience in the centuries to come. — Sierra Magazine
Arboreta and Parks to visit in person
Pinckney Recreation Area
Near Ann Arbor, 11,000 acres of parks lakes and forest- map here
7 Places to See Old-Growth Forest in Michigan
Cranbrook House and Gardens
Bloomfield Hills, the park has formal gardens as well as wooded areas and lakes - map here
Find a forest near you: https://discovertheforest.org