Trees and Community Outreach

The following is a listing of resources for a variety of Tree Related Topics. Specific concerns about trees within the city limits of Charlottesville should be directed to the Charlottesville Tree Commission. There is no comparable body for the County of Albemarle or other counties in the CATS area.

You can view the Tree Commission’s 2025 State of the Forest Report here.

Governmental and University Sites

United States Forest Service: https://www.fs.usda.gov/
Virginia Department of Forestry: https://dof.virginia.gov/
Virginia Cooperative Extension: https://ext.vt.edu/natural-resources.html
Blandy Experimental Farm and VA State Arboretum: https://blandy.virginia.edu/
Virginia Tech Dendrology Factsheets: Virginia Tech Dendrology (vt.edu)
North Carolina Extension Gardener: Find a Plant | North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox (ncsu.edu)

Associations and Societies

Society of American Foresters (contains a guide to advocacy and outreach): https://www.eforester.org/
Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the International Society of Arboriculture: https://www.mac-isa.org/
Virginia Forestry Association: https://www.vaforestry.org/
Arbor Day Foundation: https://www.arborday.org/
International Society of Arborculture (ISA): https://www.isa-arbor.com/
- ISA: Find an Arborist

Forest Health & Invasive Control Information

Blue Ridge PRISM: https://blueridgeprism.org/
Bugwood- Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health: https://www.bugwood.org/
Hungry Pests- APHIS: https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/resources/pests-diseases/hungry-pests/
Mid-Atlantic Early Detection Network: https://www.eddmaps.org/midatlantic/

Forest Conservation & Education

Virginia Conservation Network: www.vcnva.org
Virginia Big Tree program: https://bigtree.cnre.vt.edu/ or https://bigtree.cnre.vt.edu/protect.html
500 Year Forest Foundation: https://500yearforest.org/
Old Growth Forest Network: https://www.oldgrowthforest.net/
Doug Tallamy’s mapping of backyard native planting: https://homegrownnationalpark.org/
Archangel Ancient Tree Archive: https://www.ancienttreearchive.org/

Forest Law and Advocacy

Southern Environmental Law Center: https://www.southernenvironment.org/
https://www.southernenvironment.org/news/old-growth-forests-protected-under-new-plan/
https://www.southernenvironment.org/topic/protecting-our-southern-appalachian-forests/
Earthjustice, environmental lawyers: https://earthjustice.org/features/the-forest-and-the-trees
Virginia Tree Ordinance Database – Virginia Tech: http://vtod.frec.vt.edu/index.html