Involvement of community groups in management of urban forests.
| Topic | No. of responses |
|---|---|
| Importance of community groups to management of public trees | |
| Critical | 8 |
| Important | 10 |
| Neutral | 5 |
| Negative | 0 |
| Contributions of community groups to urban forest | |
| Direct financial support | 6 |
| Indirect financial support | 7 |
| Direct labor | 11 |
| General awareness | 15 |
| Issues associated with positive citizen attitudes | |
| Support/demand tree planting | 5 |
| Environmental benefits (including energy conservation) | 5 |
| General support | 3 |
| Neighborhood improvement | 3 |
| Articles/editorials in newspaper | 2 |
| Increased property values | 2 |
| Dislike large-scale removal | 2 |
| Other | 7 |
| Issues associated with negative citizen attitudes | |
| Uplifted sidewalks | 7 |
| Litter (leaves, fruit); demand removal, prevent planting | 6 |
| Interfere with signs and lights | 4 |
| Homeowner responsibility for care | 2 |
| View pruning | 2 |
| Vandalism | 2 |
| Other | 7 |