Report+Outline

__**Executive Summary**__ look at DC and Casper for guide completely re-work current

Table of Contents

I. Introduction - background on Raleigh - need for project - background on our class - time restraints, talk about how this was a pilot study - they recommend 200 plots, standard errors vs. number of plots graph - standard error...statistics - discussion of problems/concerns with our data? - implications of this report...what to do with it? - calculate a per plot time avg - total number tree counted

II. Tree characteristics of the urban forest - more introductory style - redo tree species comp pie graph (lisa/hannah) - old field succession in raleigh

III. Urban forest cover and leaf area - provide better explanation of importance value and percentages - explanation of ground cover, why it's important - impervious surfaces

IV. Air pollution removal by urban trees -

V. Carbon storage and sequestration

VI. Trees and building energy use explain units explanation of negative effects of trees on heating (loss of dollars)

VII. Structural and Functional values

VIII. Potential Pest impacts

IX. Conclusion

X. Acknowledgements

Appendix A UFORE Model and Field Measurements

Appendix B Relative Tree Effects

Appendix C Comparison of Urban Forests

Appendix D Gen Rec for air quality

References