City Trees

Susan D. Day is a Professor of Urban Forestry in the Department of For- est Resources Management and the Program Director for the Bach- elor of Urban Forestry degree at the University of British Colum- bia (UBC) in Vancouver, Canada. Dr. Day's research focuses on man- aging urban soils to enhance tree growth and longevity in the context of environmental challeng- es such as stormwater mitigation and land develop- ment impacts on soil-mediated ecosystem services. She helped shape the Sustainable Sites Initiative (SITES®) crediting system for soils and has published more than 100 articles and book chapters on urban forests and urban soils. She is developing her research lab at UBC, tentatively called the Urban Forest Ecosystems Lab. 10 CityTREES In This Issue: Contributors Walt Warriner is a Consulting Arbor- ist who specializes in urban forest- ry in Hawaii and Southern Cal- ifornia. He provides services to municipalities, developers, con- tractors, law firms, and insurance agencies. Aside from promoting good urban forestry management for maximum environmental benefits, his goal is to encourage the younger generation to also take an active role in protecting our environment for the future. Walt has been a member of the Municipal Forestry Insti- tute Teaching Cadre since 2006; in 2013 he was pre- sented with the SMA Award of Merit; and in 2015 he was conferred SMA Life Membership for his contribu- tions to the profession and to the Society. You can see more of Walt's extensive photography on his website. Cecil Konijnendijk is a Professor of Urban Forestry in the Department of Forest Resources Manage- ment at UBC. He is particular- ly interested in green space gov- ernance (including community involvement), people-nature rela- tionships and cultural ecosystem ser- vices, and urban forestry and urban green- ing. Dr. Konijnendijk's work over the last 25 years has brought him across the globe. Among other courses, Dr. Konijnendijk teaches Greening the City and Urban For- estry Administration, Policy, and Law. From 2002 until the end of 2019, he was the editor-in-chief of the jour- nal Urban Forestry & Urban Greening and Series Edi- tor of Springer's Future City series. At UBC he heads the UFORIA (Urban Forestry Research in Action) Lab and the new Master of Urban Forestry Leadership program. Contributors of text and/ or photos to the 2020 Tree of Year feature: Nina Bassuk Tara Costanzo Steve Cothrel James Kaechele Jamie King Rebecca Lane Tami Sadonoja Michelle Sutton Contributors of text and/or photos to the SMA Cleve- land Conference feature: Carolyn Cheatham Rhodes Keith Cline Steve Cothrel Owen Croy Gordon Mann Leigh Martin Phil Rodbell Michelle Sutton Beattra Wilson

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