Below are listed resources to help in drafting tree and urban forestry ordinances:
Community Trees- Sample Tree Ordinances for Iowa Communities, and Community Trees – Tree Ordinances for Iowa Communities , Iowa State University, Coop Ext Services, 1999
Developing Tree Protection Ordinances in North Carolina, Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions for the Urban & Community Forestry Program of the North Carolina Forest Service and the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission. 2017
Greening Connecticut Cities and Towns, Managing Public Trees and Community Forests, Richard M Ricard & Glenn Dreyer , Editors, 2004
Growing the Urban Forest-: A study of tree ordinances in Massachusetts, Tufts Univ, 2007
A Guide to Community and Urban Forestry Programming, Washington State department of Commerce and Evergreen Communities Partnership Task Force, June 2009
A Guide to Preserving Trees in Development Projects, PennState – College of Agricultural Sciences, 2005
A Guide to Writing a City Tree Ordinance – Conservation Tools.org, Pennsylvania Land Trust Association, Buck Abbey, 1993
Guide to Writing a Tree Ordinance – Model Tree Ordinances for Louisiana, 3/28/11
Guidelines for Developing and Evaluating Tree Ordinances, phytosphere.com
Guidelines for Developing Urban Forest Practices Ordinances, Oregon Dept. of Forestry, 1999
Staying Green: Local Tree Protection Ordinances in North Carolina
Tree Ordinance Development Guidebook, Georgia Forestry Commission, 2005
Tree Ordinance, ConservationTools.org, 2011
Tree Ordinances – Protecting Trees According to Law, Landscape Architects and Specifier News, revised 6/17/13
Tree Ordinance Protection – Sustainable Jersey, Sept 2018
Tree Protection Toolkit April 2013 – American Forests
Urban Forest Best Management Practices for Public Works Managers – Ordinances, Regulations & Public Policies, American Public Works Association
Urban Forestry Sustainability Metrics – Building Sustainability into Cities and Towns – Urban Forestry Institute, Nashville TN, 2013
Urban Tree Conservation: a White Paper on Local Ordinance Approaches, Sandra S Nichols, Montgomery Tree Committee, 9/2007
Watershed Forestry Resource Guide, Center for Watershed Protection and US Forest Service