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“Good”
Information Your Role as a Community Steward
Benefit Professionally, Benefit Personally!
As a landscape architect, planner, city engineer, arborist,
tree care specialist, park and recreation director…any pro-
fessional who holds responsibility for the placement and
maintenance of public trees, two complimentary resources
are available to help you at no cost.
1. The Road to a Thoughtful Street Tree Master Plan
& Master Plan tutorial Power Point™ series. A prag-
matic primer which, enables the user to avoid com-
mon design and tree selection issues through a series
of thoughtful sequential steps, guiding you through
the ten most common “issues” associated with
achieving a successful outcome. The Master Plan
Tutorial Power Point™ series Ten lessons, each
representing one of the ten “Issues” from the Master
Plan. These applied examples of the 10 governing
principles, complete with notes, can be presented for
workshops in their entirety or as individual areas of
focus.
2. The MnDOT Plant Selector on-line tool.
Thoughtful and the most comprehensive tool of its
kind , allowing users to easily narrow search queries
by region, species and any number of environmental
factors unique to Minnesota’s roadsides. Used and
improved for more than 15 years!
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The Road To A Thoughtful Street Tree Master
Plan &
The Minnesota Department of Transportation
(MnDOT) Plant Selector On-Line
Practical, Labor and Cost Saving Information for Tree
Care Practitioners
Resources for the landscape architect, planner,
city engineer, arborist, tree care specialist, park and
recreation director… any professional who holds
responsibility for the placement and maintenance of
public trees.
The Master Plan and the Plant Selector Will Guide You
Through:
Planting in spaces that accommodate healthy trees.
Matching tree species to locations with size restrictions.
Planting of trees for longevity. Only at maturity do
trees realize their full environmental potential.
Developing a planting arrangement that enhances traffic
flow and guides pedestrian and motorist behavior.
Your Green Assets
Whether your community is newly developed, expanding,
or in the process of renewal, trees are an important part of
its infrastructure. Your community’s urban forest helps
define the character of your community, one that is green,
safe and business-friendly.
In particular, trees that line the entrance to your commu-
nity guide traffic and views through the residential and
commercial areas and shade and buffer pedestrians from the
hot sun or winter winds.
Thoughtful Planning or Brown Liabilities?
Misguided tree species selection, placement and arrange-
ment all too often lead to short-lived trees, damaged infra-
structure and strained maintenance budgets. The majority
of these problems can be avoided or turned-around with
some guidance and a better understanding of the potential
that trees offer to your community.
The Road to a Thoughtful Street Tree Master Plan
guides you through the ten most common “issues” that ei-
ther “make or break” a street tree master plan. The Master
Plan was written as a pragmatic primer that enables the
user to avoid common design and tree selection issues
through a series of thoughtful sequential steps. Time in-
vested with the Master Plan, will be exponentially returned
by the economic and aesthetic benefits your community
will realize.
The Master Plan Tutorial
Power Point™ Series
Includes Ten lessons, each representing one of the ten
“Issues” from the Master Plan. The lessons are not verbatim
chapters from the Master Plan; rather, applied examples of
the 10 governing principles. Complete with notes, the les-
sons can be presented for workshops in their entirety or as
individual areas of focus.
The MnDOT Plant Selector
On-line Tool
Thoughtful and the most comprehensive tool of its kind ,
allowing users to easily narrow search queries by region,
species and any number of environmental factors unique to
Minnesota’s roadsides. Used and improved since 1995!
“The Road to a Thoughtful
Street Tree Master Plan”
The Complete 93 Page
Viewable/Printable PDF
available free of charge
@
http://bit.ly/odKfFH
http://dotapp7.dot.state.mn.us/plant/
This Resource made available
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The Reality of Poor Street Tree Designs:
A Stretched Labor Force and a Stretched Budget!
Public tree life spans average 10-30 years. versus their
potential for 80-250 years.
Utility line conflicts and increased pruning schedules
shorten life spans and strain budgets.
Catastrophic tree losses due to diseases, invasive insects,
wind-loading events are becoming too common.
However, a thoughtful, pragmatic and utilitarian design proc-
ess can minimize those problems and create a more functional
and visually-pleasing streetscape.
Good Choices Bad Choices
The MnDOT Plant Selector
Both The Road to a Thoughtful Street Tree Master Plan and the
MnDOT Plant Selector were designed, developed and written by
experienced landscape architects and urban forestry professionals
from the University of Minnesota, the Minnesota Department of
Transportation and regional Parks and Recreation Departments.
These are not generic resources with their names changed! These
tools were developed specifically for Minnesota with the singular
goal of creating more effective and economical streetscapes.
Funding for the Production of
The Road to a Thoughtful Street Tree Master Plan and
Master Plan Tutorial Power Point™ lesson series provided by:
The Minnesota Local Road Research Board
The U.S.D.A. Forest Service – Northeastern Area
The University of Minnesota,
Department of Forest Resources
Photos: Dave Hanson, Gary Johnson, Chad Giblin, MnDOT
All Design Elements 2011 Sean A. Peterson