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City of Bloomington Urban Forestry Program Support

Members of the BUFRG team have supported the City of Bloomington Parks and Recreation Department Urban Forestry Program through not only conducting inventories for the City, but more recently through leading student teams in case studies for neighborhoods and other city-requested initiatives. In the past, students have assisted the City Forestry Program in grant writing to help obtain funding for the planting of trees and urban forest management.

The newest partnership (see July 2021 in Recent News) between BUFRG and the City of Bloomington is for an upcoming survey of individuals living in lower-canopy neighborhoods selected for large-scale street tree plantings. Residents will be mailed surveys before the plantings to better understand residents’ viewpoints on environmental conditions in their neighborhoods, the value of urban trees, and the role of the city’s urban forestry department. A follow-up survey will be sent to respondents after the plantings to assess impacts of the tree plantings on neighborhoods and individual residents. After data analysis is complete, results will be presented to city officials.

SPEA Urban Forestry classes (E422/E522) case studies for 2014-2018 are compiled in the folder below. These include not only projects for the City of Bloomington, but also projects for Keep Indianapolis Beautiful and the IUB Campus.

Previous student grant writing for the City Forester includes the following:

2014: Former BUFRG student, Rachael Bergmann, worked with the Urban Forestry Program to write grants to plant trees and improve urban forest health in Bloomington. Through the award of two grants, the city received a total of $17,425.00 from the Indiana Department of Natural Resources and ALCOA Foundation, which resulted in 185 street tree plantings, 100 of which replaced ash trees removed due to Emerald Ash Borer.
2012: Graduate students Matt Patterson and Nick Myers supported the City with writing grants amounting to $10,355 in awarded funds.

Case Study: Recommendations to the City of Bloomington based on the 2018 Re-Inventory of Trees In the IU Health Hospital Deconstruction Zone and Surrounding Areas. (Borgmann R, Cullmer D, DeVoe C, Edwards E, Freeman-Day S, Gerber A, Johnson K, Kraszeski M, Moore C, O'Neill M, Schrader Z, Shope E, Vahanian N, Wallace K).
Bloomington Hospital Case Study Poster 1
Bloomington Hospital Case Study Poster 2

Blue Ridge Neighborhood Case Study Analysis (Clemens R, Coleman M, Roberts J, Mitton R)

Blue Ridge Neighborhood Case Study Poster (Clemens R, Coleman M, Roberts J, Mitton R)

Bloomington Storm Water Mitigation Case Study Analysis (Carter A, Khan F, Nicholson J)

Bloomington Storm Water Mitigation Case Study Poster (Carter A, Khan F, Nicholson J)

IU Historic Neighborhood Case Study Analysis (Aitchison M, Brinson L, Stoddard R)

IU Historic Neighborhood Case Study Poster (Aitchison M, Brinson L, Stoddard R)

Gentry East Case Study Analysis (Drews W, Muir A, Noll A, Teson J)

Gentry East Case Study Poster (Drews W, Muir A, Noll A, Teson J)

Elm Heights Case Study Analysis (Blumenthal N, Dunn T, Kucera D, Nodell H, Reinersman A, Thutop T)

Elm Heights Case Study Poster (Blumenthal N, Dunn T, Kucera D, Nodell H, Reinersman A, Thutop T)

Street Tree Case Study of University Courts Historic District-Poster (Cronin B, Erumit S, Carroll JI, McGee J, Moon D, Peng P, Reifeis A, Ritger H, Shumake C, Widney S)
University Courts Street Trees: Maintaining Neighborhood Character and Achieving Urban Forest Sustainability in the Face of Future Disturbances. (Cronin B, Erumit S, Carroll JI, McGee J, Moon D, Peng P, Reifeis A, Ritger H, Shumake C, Widney S)

Matlock Heights Case Study Poster. 2012. (Ashkin N, Gaddis H, Graver T, Hewitt M, Rocheford E)
Park Ridge East Case Study Poster. 2012. (Bryant A, Mason C, Mersmann C, Nath S, Shu M)
Bloomington Downtown Core Case Study Poster. 2013. (Breen S, Gutman S, Herrell A, Luethner T, Praeuner A, Zeller E)

Team One Poster (Bormann R, Freeman-Day S, Gerber A, Moore C)
Team Two Poster (Cullmer D, Edwards E, Kraszeski M)
Team Three Poster (O'Neill M, Shope E, Vahanian N)
Team Four Poster (Devoe C, Johnson K, Schraeder Z, Wallace K)

CenterTownship Poster (McCrocklin J, Searcy T, Liu Y)
Decatur Township Poster (Loffer C, Morozowski D, Simms M)
Franklin Township Poster (Maunsell A,, Thornton B, Zunica C)
Lawrence Township Poster (Donley H, Kay J, Ramey K, Wissel T)
Perry Township Poster (Mahlman S, Stanton J, Tatum J)
Pike Township Poster (Aine R, Crim L, Menefee J, Trenkinshu M)
Warren Township Poster (Loera I, Mitchell B, Shu L)
Washington Township Poster (Crouch L, Isaacs A, Overpeck R, Uecker G)
Wayne Township Poster (Heald M, Kleiser L, Reinhart G)

Team One Poster (Schmutte A, Smith T, Stewart C, Wood R)
Team Two Poster (Becker M, Chambers E, Hodge A, Mahon E)
Team Three Poster (Richter N, Sims C, Smithers J, Taylor B)
Team Four Poster (Paulides N, Sherburne K, Smitheram E, Stewart M)
Team Five Poster (Caskey S, Heath M, Lancaster C, Nickison B)
Team Six Poster (Berryman T, Cleveland D, Hylant N, Marriot H)
Team Seven Poster (Budwig-Scannell W, Culver G, Jackson E, Moehle L)

Outreach Activities

City of Bloomington Urban Forestry Program Support

Urban Forest Management Case Studies 2018

Urban Forest Management Case Studies 2017

Urban Forest Management Case Studies 2016

Urban Forest Management Case Studies 2014

Urban Forest Management Case Studies 2012-2013

Proposed Model Neighborhood Plan for KIB, 2018

Using the KIB Tree Canopy Planner to Assess UTC for each Marion County Township, 2017

Can the IUB Arboretum Contribute More to the Campus 40% UTC Goal?, 2016

Bloomington Urban Forestry Research Group resources