Climate adaptation actions for urban forests and human health (3.102462)
Date: 2021Creator: Brandt, Leslie A, Darling, Lindsay E., Fahey, Bob, Miesbauer, Jake, Scott, Lydia
Type: Article
Lydia Scott Oral History Interview, 2023-12-13 (3.116359)
Date: December 13 2023Type: Audio
Description:A recording of an oral history interview with Lydia Scott, employee of The Morton Arboretum from 2012 to 2023, conducted by Rita Hassert, library collections manager. The interview took place on Dec 13, 2023, in the Sterling Morton Library's Special Collections Reading Room.
Topics include: Ms. Scott's career and her time at the Arboretum, the founding of the Chicago Region Trees Initiative (CRTI), data collected and maintained by CRTI, several CRTI programs and initiatives, the challenges and successes she has seen while leading CRTI, and urban and community forestry's past and future.
Your Ash Tree and EAB (3.47705)
Date: 2012Creator: Dierich, Andi, Scott, Lydia, Corrigan, Beth
Type: Document
Description:A checklist [pamphlet] from The Morton Arboretum for homeowners dealing with emerald ash borer (EAB).
Tree Tools: Tree Ordinances and your community (3.47706)
Date: 2014Creator: Scott, Lydia
Type: Article
Chicago Wilderness region urban forest vulnerability assessment and synthesis: a report from the Urban Forestry Climate Change Response Framework Chicago Wilderness pilot project (3.54093)
Date: 2015Creator: Brandt, Leslie A, Scott, Lydia, Darling, Lindsay E., Fahey, Bob, Iverson, Louis
Type: Article
A framework for adapting urban forests to climate change (3.55379)
Date: 2016Creator: Brandt, Leslie A, Fahey, Bob, Scott, Lydia, Darling, Lindsay E.
Type: Article
Retrofitting Large Landscapes for Sustainability (3.55474)
Date: 2014Creator: Casey, Laurie, Scott, Lydia, Corrigan, Beth
Type: Article
Linking Science and Practice for Oak Ecosystem Recovery in the Chicago Wilderness Region (3.60019)
Date: 2018Creator: Cannon, Charles H., Custic, Melissa, Okallau, Emily, Scott, Lydia
Type: Article
Chicago Region Trees Initiative Master Plan 2050 (3.60333)
Date: 2018Type: Article
The Future of Trees: Hope in a Changing Climate (3.64161)
Date: 2018Creator: The Morton Arboretum
Type: Video
Conceptualizing social-ecological drivers of change in urban forest patches (3.85995)
Creator: Darling, Lindsay E., Fahey, Bob, Scott, Lydia
Type: Article
Chicago Region Trees Initiative Newsletter, April 2020 (3.89994)
Date: April 10 2020Type: Document
Description:Chicago Region Trees Initiative (CRTI) newsletter with a message from CRTI's director, Lydia Scott, regarding the COVID-19 situation as well as funding and learning opportunities related to urban forestry.
Chicago Region Trees Initiative Newsletter, July 2020 (3.90002)
Date: July 8 2020Type: Document
Description:Chicago Region Trees Initiative (CRTI) newsletter which lists funding and learning opportunities in relation to urban forestry.
2020 Chicago Region Tree Census Report (3.92361)
Date: 2021Type: Document
Description:Report of the 2020 Chicago Region Tree Census, which was conducted by by The Morton Arboretum, Davey Resource Group Inc., and the Student Conservation Association.
Vegetation Barrier Toolkit for Schools and Communities (3.99358)
Date: January 2022Type: Document
Description:"The goal of this toolkit is to take a community group step-by-step through the process of planning, creating, and caring for a vegetation barrier in addition to using vegetation barriers as part of science curricula."