Note: Fred
and Ann Weinmann are Kala Point residents with great
knowledge of plant ecology. Fred is president of
the Washington Native Plant
Society. They
conduct nature walks in neighboring
Old Fort Townsend State
Park. For
more information see Friends of Old Fort Townsend
Park.
Trees,
Coastal Living, and Views
The linkage of trees, shoreline areas, and views is a hot
topic in the Puget Sound region.
There is a complex network of Federal/State/NGO sites and
interagency cooperatives linking trees, ecology, and human
impacts. You'll see many of these links within the
websites, below.
Washington towns and counties in coastal regions follow the
state's lead very strongly. Consequently, the best and most
authoritative information is within the state agencies,
their cooperative partnerships, and parallel NGOs.
Agency and NGO people are very helpful. They have dozens of
free documents and pamphlets. For a community the size of
Kala Point, they would be willing to directly assist us.
These are among the most relevant sites, including some of
the national sites:
WA
State Department of Natural Resources (DNR)
Backyard
Forest Stewardship
Urban
& Community Forestry
Plant
Associations in WA Puget Trough
Ecoregion
WA
State Department of Ecology (DOE)
Control
Erosion Using Vegetation
Puget
Sound Coastal Vegetation-Tree
Management
Puget
Sound Landslides
Surface
Water and Groundwater on Coastal
Bluffs
Puget
Sound Shorelines
Shorelands
and Environmental Assistance
Other
local and regional sites:
Plant
Amnesty Pruning Guide: Northwest PNW
Washington
Native Plant Society
Northwest
Straits Initiative
Seattle
Transportation Trees
WSU
Master Gardener: Landscape Plants
WSU
NW Native Plant Guide
WSU
Pruning Landscape Trees
Puget
Sound Green Pages
Guide
To Forest Diseases of the Western US
Pacific
Madrone
Additional
popular sites:
Arboriculture
& Health Care - ISA
Arboriculture
& Health Care - PNW-ISA
Arboriculture
& Health Care - WCISA
American Society of
Consulting Arborists
National Arborist Association -
Tree Care Industry Assoc.
ANSI
A300 Standards for Tree Care Operations
ANSI
American National Standards Institute - Tree
Care
Center
for Urban Forest Research
GreenLaws
- Landscape Ordinances LSU
Smart
Growth - Protect Community Trees
Tree
Care Industry Association (formerly
NAA)
Tree
Conservation (Scenic America)
TreeLink
- Care and Maintenance
Common
Interest Development (CID)
• The Community
Associations Institute has a valuable research library. The
state chapter also has documents for downloading.
CAI - Community Associations
Institute
Members-Only Research
Library:
Login = cai / Password =
member
CAI Washington State
Chapter
CAI Research
Foundation
• An example of the many
other groups on the internet:
Homeowner Gateway
• This is one of those
“hidden treasure” websites for ideas and
examples (go to Site Index):
Municipal Research & Services Center
of Washington
