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• TITLE: i-Tree Eco Analysis of Landscape Vegetation on Remediated Areas of Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  AUTHORS: Sally Ross, Sharon Jean-Philippe, Wayne Clatterbuck, Neil Giffen, Jamie Herold, John Zobel

  KEYWORDS: Urban Tree(s), Urban Forest, Urban Vegetation, Landscape Vegetation, Tree Inventory, Tree Assessment, Ecosystem Service(s), Ecological Function, i-Tree Eco, Economic Valuation

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Forestry, Vol.10 No.4, October 11, 2020

  ABSTRACT: The Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is the largest and most diverse energy, research, and development institution within the Department of Energy (DOE) system in the United States. As such, the site endures constant land development that creates rigorous growing conditions for urban vegetation. Natural resource managers at ORNL recognize that trees are an integral component of the landscape and are interested in characterizing the urban forest and their associated ecosystem services benefits. We evaluated the urban forest structure, quantified ecosystem services and benefits, and estimated economic value of resources using i-Tree Eco at ORNL. While this assessment captured over 1100 landscape trees, the ORNL Natural Resources Management for landscape vegetation can be expanded to include unmanaged landscapes, e.g. riparian areas, greenspace, and other vegetative attributes to increase ecosystem services benefits. Assigning a monetary value to urban forest benefits help to inform decisions about urban forest management, ideally on cost-benefit analysis.