NPCC News:  FOREST SERVICE: UPDATED “I-TREE” PROGRAM PROVIDES ECOSYSTEM SERVICES DATA TO GENERAL PUBLIC
December 18, 2015
 
The U.S. Forest Service has updated its “i-Tree” project. I-Tree offers free online tools to help the public calculate, understand and document the value of plant communities, particularly trees and forests.
 
Trees provide many valuable services to people and ecosystems. The USFS program focuses on ecosystem services such as carbon storage, air pollution removal, and hydrologic benefits such as flood and storm buffering.
 
Trees also provide habitat for birds, pollinators and other wildlife. In addition, according to the Guardian,
 
The Forest Service i-Tree tools allow users to customize their analysis at scales from a single tree to an entire state. Regional data are preloaded and analyzed from various sources, so the users just need to select an area to begin understanding and valuing their forest resource.
 
Read the press release for the new version: http://www.fs.fed.us/news/releases/forest-service-releases-updated-version-tool-puts-ecology-hands-public
 
i-Tree Home:  https://www.itreetools.org/index.php
 
i-Tree tools include: