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Part 2. Conserving and Planting Trees at Development Sites presents specific ways to enable developers, engineers, or landscape architects to incorporate more trees into a development site. The proposed approach focuses on protecting existing trees, planting trees in storm water treatment practices, and planting trees in other open spaces at a development site. This part introduces conceptual designs for storm water treatment practices that utilize trees as part of the design (referred to as storm water forestry practices.) These designs were developed with input from experts in storm water engineering, forestry, and a range of related fields.

Part 3. Urban Tree Planting Guide provides detailed guidance on urban tree planting that is applicable at both the development site and the watershed scales. Topics covered include site assessment, planting design, site preparation and other pre-planting considerations, and planting and maintenance techniques. An Urban Tree Selection Guide is included for use in selecting the best tree and shrub species for the planting site.

This manual was developed by the Center for Watershed Protection in cooperation with the USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Area State and Private Forestry. Funding for this project was provided by the USDA Forest Service, through the Chesapeake Bay Program Forestry Workgroup, under grant number 03-DG-11244225-163. Portions of this manual were funded by cooperative agreement CP-82981501 with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water.