2024 State of the Trees
Thank you to everyone who joined us for the 2024 State of the Trees forum on December 16th. And thank you to our host, Georgia Tech Savannah, as well as our speakers:
Tony Giarrusso, Georgia Tech
Jake Henry, Chatham County
Scott DeArmey, City of Savannah
Zoe Rinker, Savannah Tree Foundation
Below you’ll find slides and links from each of the presentations.
RECORDING COMING SOON
STF staff recorded the forum presentations and hopes to have the video uploaded soon. Stay tuned!
Tony Giarrusso
Associate Director​
Georgia Tech
Jake Henry
Lead Arborist
Chatham County
Scott DeArmey
Assistant Director for Park and Tree
City of Savannah
Zoe Rinker
Executive Director
Savannah Tree Foundation
Chatham County Applications
As referred to in the Canopy Change presentation.
Interactive Map:Âhttps://experience.arcgis.com/experience/775762bd38e5414c8918baf3bc664631
Ecosystem Services Dashboards:Âhttps://gtmaps.maps.arcgis.com/apps/dashboards/44b63eb3eb8f465a84c89ce2854fde42
Potential Planting Tools:Âhttps://gtmaps.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=915c5aabb08b471a8dcbf69fa772f51b
Chatham Canopy Overview StoryMap:Âhttps://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/605ea6bf3d0e4363b07f6dba80437af2
Chatham Site Visits StoryMap:Âhttps://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/d8fe48c6c71f4b509e1d85baf6a5cb9f
Coastal Canopy Overview StoryMap:Âhttps://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/562a0696356e42cfbca41e2202f89822
Hub site with data download and all resources in one spot –Âhttps://georgia-coastal-tree-canopy-2010-2019-gtmaps.hub.arcgis.com/
Additional Resources
TreePlotter TreeCanopy.us:Â https://treecanopy.us/Â
STF White Papers
Climate Change: https://savannahtree.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/STF_Climate_Change.pdfÂ
Tree Canopy Equity: https://savannahtree.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/STF_Tree-Canopy-Equity.pdfÂ
Stormwater Retention: https://savannahtree.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/STF_Storm-Water-Retention.pdfÂ
Air Pollution: https://savannahtree.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/STF_Air_Pollution.pdfÂ
Noise Buffering: https://savannahtree.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/STF_Noise-Buffering.pdfÂ
