i-Tree Forest Management Software

i-Tree is a state-of-the-art, peer-reviewed software suite from the USDA Forest Service that provides urban and rural forestry analysis and benefits assessment tools. The i-Tree tools can help strengthen forest management and advocacy efforts by quantifying forest structure and the environmental benefits that trees provide. Demonstrate the value of trees to cities and communities with i-Tree data.

Benefits

Strategic urban and rural planning
Generate benefit values of community trees and forests
Link forest management activities with environmental quality and community livability
Use i-Tree data to demonstrate value and set priorities for more effective decision-making

Main Features

Urban and rural forestry analysis tools
Report on individual trees, parcels, neighborhoods, cities, and even entire states

Primary Audience

Nonprofit organizations
Communities, Cities & Governments
Environmental conservation foundations, consultants, and organizations

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We Calculated How Much Money Trees Save Your City

These tools simulate the relationship between trees and ecosystem services they provide. These services can include food, clean air and water, climate and flood control, pollination, recreation and noise damping. We currently don’t simulate many services, so our calculations actually underestimate the value of urban trees.

Planning Resilient Urban Forests

Benefits include moderating climate, lowering energy use in buildings, reducing atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2), improving air and water quality, mitigating rainfall runoff and flooding, enhancing aesthetics, human health and social well-being, as well as lowering noise impacts.

David J. Nowak, PhD

Senior Scientist

USDA Forest Service

David J. Nowak, PhD

Senior Scientist

USDA Forest Service

This software suite, i-Tree (www.itreetools.org), offers specific tools that quantify various services and values derived from trees. These tools range from a simple phone app (MyTree) to sophisticated ecosystem service programs (e.g., i-Tree Eco and i-Tree Hydro).

Theodore Endreny

Professor of Water Resources

SUNY ESF

Theodore Endreny

Professor of Water Resources

SUNY ESF

For every dollar invested in planting, cities see an average US$2.25 return on their investment each year.