Community Forestry

ND TIP Tool

The North Dakota Community Tree Inventory/Planning Tool (ND TIP Tool) provides cities the opportunity to identify and manage their trees to support healthy and diverse community forests. The ND TIP Tool is a citizen-science led project that communities across North Dakota use to track boulevard trees, those in parks, and other public areas. A tree inventory collects data on tree species, condition, size, and the ecosystem benefits those trees provide, and allows decision makers to make educated decisions on how to best manage their community tree populations.

Your tree inventory can serve as a maintenance tool, which allows you to identify trees that need to be pruned, staked, fertilized, cabled, or removed, and enable you to best manage time and labor resources. Users can mark declining trees for removal and propose planting sites for new trees.

Cultivate civic pride by becoming an official Tree City, and commit to a community that’s healthier, happier, and more livable.

A city that takes care of its trees takes care of its people. Since 1976, the Arbor Day Foundation’s Tree City USA program has recognized and supported the cities and leaders who create places to play, room to breathe, and beauty on every block.

Our four standards have empowered more than 3,500 cities to create and maintain tree cover. From Sibley, North Dakota (population 20) to New York City, and everywhere in between, Tree City USA helps communities demonstrate and promote their commitment to a greener place to call home.

Communities who complete the following criteria on an annual basis are eligible to become a Tree City:

• Having a tree committee or department
• Upholding a community tree ordinance
• Maintaining a community forestry program with an annual budget of at least $2 per capita
• Holding an Arbor Day observation and proclamation