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Urban Forest Researchers Needed Immediately
Investigative and writing skills needed


updated May 13, 2003

We need researchers to write 500-700 word articles on floodplain trees, silver maple trees, and the savings and climate amelioration that urban forests provide. The articles should provide basic knowledge about the value of forests in an urban setting.

Interested? Please contact FAR:

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  • Office: 617 661-1730
For those interested in writing about the "Uplands" Silver Maple Forest in Belmont and Cambridge, here are some websites with relevant information.
(To read the Adobe Acrobat files, you need the Adobe Acrobat reader, available free at www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html)

www.treelink.org for many links to articles on urban forests, including those below.
The site "was created to provide information, research, and networking for people working in urban and community forestry. For the researcher, the arborist, the community group leader, the volunteer-our purpose is to inform, educate, and inspire." Websites with information about environmental science definitions and charcteristics of the Belmont and Cambridge Silver Maple Forest and ecosystems include: