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Chapter 5 - Wind and Trees: Lessons Learned from Hurricanes1
Mary L. Duryea and Eliana Kampf2Abstract
Hurricane-force winds can be extremely damaging to communities and urban forests. Without question, trees can become hazardous and pose risks to personal safety and property. However, there are opportunities to better prepare for the next hurricane season by rebuilding a healthy urban forest. Valuable lessons can be learned from knowing more about how, when and why trees fail in storms. This fact sheet reports on the lessons learned from research conducted after 10 hurricanes by scientists at the University of Florida/IFAS. It also includes valuable field observations from professionals, such as urban foresters, scientists, and arborists. This publication is aimed at citizens and communities who seek to rebuild and set better urban forest management practices so that future storms are less devastating.
Footnotes
1. This document is FOR-118, one of the Urban Forest Hurricane Recovery Program series of the School of Forest Resources and Conservation and the Environmental Horticulture Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Original publication date September 2007. Visit the EDIS Web Site at http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu and the Urban Forest Hurricane Recovery Program Web site at http://treesandhurricanes.ifas.ufl.edu.2. Mary L. Duryea, Professor, School of Forest Resources and Conservation and Associate Dean for Research, IFAS; Eliana Kampf, Urban Forester, School of Forest Resources and Conservation; University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Gainesville, FL 32611
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U.S. Department of Agriculture, Cooperative Extension Service, University of Florida, IFAS, Florida A. & M. University Cooperative Extension Program, and Boards of County Commissioners Cooperating. Larry Arrington, Dean.
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