Here you will find various FAQs, Resources and Fact Sheets for a healthy Urban and Community Forestry program in your community
- This page, Picks and Shovels: Urban and Community Forestry Resources, is offered by
- Bureau of Forest Fire Control and Forestry
- Department of Conservation & Recreation
Picks and Shovels: Urban and Community Forestry Resources
Table of Contents
State Laws that Govern Public Trees
Funding and Sustaining an Urban Forestry Program
Community Tree Boards and Committees
Tree Survey / Inventory Resources
Example Urban Forest Management Plans
City of Lawrence Sample Management Plan, Open PDF file, 181.5 KB
(English, PDF 181.5 KB)
Property Overview, Open PDF file, 11.41 KB
(English, PDF 11.41 KB)
Community Tree Ordinances and Bylaws for Massachusetts
Tree Bylaw and Ordinance Guide, Open PDF file, 581.63 KB
(English, PDF 581.63 KB)
The "Tree Bylaws and Ordinance Guide" is a tool for Massachusetts cities and towns beginning the process of developing or reviewing a local tree bylaw or ordinance.
Amesbury, Open PDF file, 28.45 KB
(English, PDF 28.45 KB)
Barnstable, Open PDF file, 80.53 KB
(English, PDF 80.53 KB)
Belmont, Open PDF file, 14.8 KB
(English, PDF 14.8 KB)
Chelmsford, Open PDF file, 47.46 KB
(English, PDF 47.46 KB)
Chicopee, Open PDF file, 74.19 KB
(English, PDF 74.19 KB)
Concord, Open PDF file, 81.2 KB
(English, PDF 81.2 KB)
Concord - accompanying rules and regulations, Open PDF file, 665.98 KB
(English, PDF 665.98 KB)
Fall River, Open PDF file, 981.68 KB
(English, PDF 981.68 KB)
Grafton, Open PDF file, 201.06 KB
(English, PDF 201.06 KB)
Greenfield, Open PDF file, 606.56 KB
(English, PDF 606.56 KB)
Lexington, Open PDF file, 34.85 KB
(English, PDF 34.85 KB)
Marblehead, Open PDF file, 84.51 KB
(English, PDF 84.51 KB)
Newton, Open PDF file, 21.02 KB
(English, PDF 21.02 KB)
Newton, Open PDF file, 463.21 KB
(English, PDF 463.21 KB)
Northampton, Open PDF file, 27.69 KB
(English, PDF 27.69 KB)
Orleans, Open PDF file, 21.09 KB
(English, PDF 21.09 KB)
Provincetown, Open PDF file, 17.34 KB
(English, PDF 17.34 KB)
Springfield, Open PDF file, 9.44 KB
(English, PDF 9.44 KB)
Sturbridge, Open PDF file, 16.89 KB
(English, PDF 16.89 KB)
Wellesley, Open PDF file, 30.84 KB
(English, PDF 30.84 KB)
Westfield, Open PDF file, 33.42 KB
(English, PDF 33.42 KB)
Worcester, Open PDF file, 80.26 KB
(English, PDF 80.26 KB)
Additions to Zoning and Sub-Division Regulations
Granby, Open PDF file, 406.43 KB
(English, PDF 406.43 KB)
Greenfield Parking Lot Ordinance, Open PDF file, 62.73 KB
(English, PDF 62.73 KB)
Lawrence, Open PDF file, 46.66 KB
(English, PDF 46.66 KB)
Ludlow, Open PDF file, 57.2 KB
(English, PDF 57.2 KB)
Draft or Sample Tree Ordinances
Foxboro Draft, Open PDF file, 42.41 KB
(English, PDF 42.41 KB)
Pittsfield Draft, Open PDF file, 31.08 KB
(English, PDF 31.08 KB)
Model Tree Clearing Ordinance from Cape Cod Commission, Open PDF file, 81.05 KB
(English, PDF 81.05 KB)
Tree Care
Other Urban Forestry Resources
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