A variety of Urban Forestry publications are available here in Acrobat .pdf format. They are organized into the following categories:

• general tree care
• Dutch Elm Disease, and
• tree pest problems
  

General Tree Care Brochures

Tree and Shrub Care
Ref. Number: MG-277

This brochure covers the essentials of urban tree care: pruning, heading back, shearing, thinning, removing large limbs and treating wounds.

Setting Down New Roots
Ref. Number: MG-13952

A handy guide to selecting, transplanting and replanting native trees and shrubs.

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Dutch Elm Disease

Dutch Elm Disease

This folder contains an overview of Dutch Elm Disease, its causes and symptoms, how this disease spreads and the main strategies for controlling it.

Dutch Elm Disease:  The Dangers of Storing Elm Wood

This folder contains an overview of the dangers of storing elm wood, and its relationship in spreading the Dutch Elm Disease.

Tree Pest Brochures

Forest Tent Caterpillar
Ref. Number: MG-10384

Learn about the life cycle, damage and control of the forest tent caterpillar, Malacosoma disstria.

Spruce Budworm
Ref. Number: MG-10383

This brochure profiles the most destructive and widely distributed forest pest in North America: the spruce budworm Choristoneura fumiferana (Clemens).