City of Tampa 2011 Urban Forest Analysis the Structure, Composition, Function and Economic Benefits of Trees and the Urban Forest
City of Tampa 2011 Urban Forest Analysis The Structure, Composition, Function and Economic Benefits of Trees and the Urban Forest September 2013 (This page left blank intentionally.) Report Printed on Recycled Paper Acknowledgments Authors Dr. Shawn M. Landry, University of South Florida Robert J. Northrop, UF/IFAS Extension, Hillsborough County Dr. Michael G. Andreu, University of Florida Carolyn Cheatham Rhodes, University of Florida Project Contributors Jan Allyn, University of South Florida Kathy Beck, City of Tampa Catherine Coyle, City of Tampa Jarlath O’Neil-Dunne, University of Vermont Dr. Ruiliang Pu, University of South Florida Special Thanks Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn and the Tampa City Council; Members of the Tampa Steering Committee on Urban Forest Sustainability, including: Richard Bailey (Richard Bailey Professional Forester, Inc.), Gary Brown (Sterling Bay Homes), David Crawley (URS Corporation), Cliff Fer- nandez (Dolphin Home Builders), Evan Johnson (Tindale/Oliver & Associ- ates), Wofford Johnson (Representative, Tampa Homeowners, An Associa- tion of Neighborhoods), David Rigall (Rigall/Design LLC) and John Webster (Tampa Electric); Bob McDonaugh, Administrator for Economic Opportuni- ties, City of Tampa. Project assistance from current and former City of Tam- pa staff members, including: Robert Irving, Larry Cesarsky, Danielle San- ford, Thomas Snelling, Brad Suder and Karen Palus; Students and staff from the University of South Florida: Elizabeth Ciesla, David Eilers, Darcy Everett, Richard Hammond, Cheran Williams and Jingcheng Zhang; Students and staff from the University of Florida: Erin Gilbert, Melissa Friedman, Ashley Tyer; Sean MacFaden, Keith Pelletier and Anna Royar of the University of Vermont; Al Karlin, Ekaterina Fitos, Jessica Hendrix and staff of the South- west Florida Water Management District for providing aerial imagery and LiDAR data; we also want to express our appreciation to private land own- ers, homeowners and businesses for allowing us to access their property.
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