Northeastern Area

Forest Health Protection—Hazard Trees

We provide information on hazard tree workshops and reference materials. They are available in hardcopy or in electronic form. We provide hazard tree training materials to land managers others who are concerned with hazard tree management. Please feel free to share or download any of the following materials.

Information and Publications from Federal Sources

• An Example Tactical Program for Hazard Tree Management
• Hazard Tree Bibliography-PDF
• Hazard Tree Definitions
• Hazard Tree Guidelines
• Hazard TreesRecognizing Them Before You Climb
  • PowerPoint Download File (5MB) (right click and select, save file)
• How to Recognize and Reduce Tree Hazards in Recreation Sites
  
• HOW to Recognize Hazardous Defects in Trees
• How to Prune Trees
• There's Life in Hazard Trees
• Tree Decay: An expanded concept
• Tree Hazards: Recognition and Reduction in Recreation Sites
• TREES NEED THEIR SKIN TOO!
• Storms Over the Urban Forest
• Urban Tree Risk Management: A Community Guide to Program Design and Implementation
• Whom to contact regarding Hazard Tree information

Information and Publications from Other Sources

• Tree Care Information Center (Southern Urban Forestry Associates)
• Tree Diseases That Create Hazards (Penn State)
• Recognizing Tree Hazards (ISA)
• How Trees Survive (Shigo)