WORKING PAPERS
URI research focuses on developing community forestry tools and approaches to restore degraded urban ecosystems. A series of over 40 Working Papers, available from the URI office, captures this ongoing research. These Working Papers vary in content and style. Some papers are actual management plans for a specific parcel of land. Others are more traditional, academic analyzes of particular problems. All examine the role of environmental restoration in urban revitalization.

Working Paper #50
Sullivan, Colleen and Tenley Wurglitz. "Invasive Plants in Beaver Ponds Park, New Haven, Connecticut: Origins, Impacts and Management Options" February 2006.

Working Paper #47
Dinno, Alexis. "Health and Community Based Urban Residential Restoration: An investigation into the utility of the traditional epidemiological approach." May 2000.

Working Paper #46
Taylor, Rodger. "Strategies for Restoring Vacant Land: an anlaysis of Northeast Cities, with recommendations for New Haven." January, 2000.

Working Paper #45
URI Staff. "Community Greenspace 1999: The Fifth Year of Neighborhood Planting Efforts." March 2000.

Working Paper #44
URI Staff. "The Heart of the City: Report on Open Space Projects and Opportunities in the Dwight Neighborhood." March 1999.

Working Paper #43
Woodworth, Jim and Johnson, Sarah. "Assessment of Biophysical Conditions and Social Effects of 1997 Greenspace Projects." 1999.

Working Paper #42
URI Staff. "Resident-Led Management: Report on Community Greenspace Program 1998." 1999.

Working Paper #41
Shemitz, Leigh W. and Herbst, Julie. "Factors Impacting the Community Management of Urban Open Space: An Analysis of Three Restoration Projects in New Haven, Connecticut." 1998.

Working Paper #40
Argueta, Rene. "Assessment of Biophysical Conditions and Social Effects of Selected URI's 1996 Greenspace Projects." 1998.

Working Paper #39
Wagar, Jonathan. "The New Haven Street Tree Inventory: Final Report on the Spring 1998 Pilot Project. 1998

Working Paper #38
URI Staff. "TreeWatch: New Haven's Community Tree Stewardship Program." 1997.

Working Paper #37
URI Staff. "Restoring Neighborhood Open Spaces: Report on Community Greenspace Program '97." 1997.

Working Paper #36
Yelin, Jennifer and Swensen, Susan. "A Pond Ecosystem Curricula Guide for Interactive, Interdisciplinary, Experiential Environmental Education: Expanding the Edgewood Model." 1997.

Working Paper #35
URI Staff. "Community Greenspace Project: Beautification Report, 1996." 1996.

Working Paper #34
Esser, Liza. "A Study of the Environmental Values of Current and Former Students in the Edgewood Park/ School Project." 1996.

Working Paper #33
Jiler, James. "1995 Urban Resources Initiative Status Report: Six Years of Community Forestry in Baltimore." 1995.

Working Paper #32
Ganz, David and Cami Kloster. "Community Service Learning and Environmental Education in New Haven: A Report on the 'Learn and Serve' Program, Spring 1995." 1995.

Working Paper #31
"Replant, Restore, Reclaim: Community Building in New Haven," plus "Attachments" (bound separately). Murphy-Dunning, Colleen and Leigh Shemitz, eds. Contributions by Cami Kloster and Megan Ryan. 1995.

Working Paper #30
Aley, Jennifer and William R. Burch, Jr. "Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine: A Comparative Study of Variations in Perceptions and Behaviors of National Park Unit Visitors from the Baltimore Region. " 1995

Working Paper #29
Katz, Sharon. "An Evaluation of KidsGrow: Summer Environmental Education in Baltimore City." 1995.

Working Paper #28
Udziela, Matthew. "An Assessment, Characterization and Analysis of the Hydrology and Drainage of the Sub-Watersheds of Druid Hill Park, Baltimore, Maryland." 1995. 61 pp.

Working Paper #27
Bannon, Katie. "Camp Small Site Analysis: An Environmental and Economic Study." 1995.

Working Paper #26
Raleigh, E Lloyd. "Adaptive, Process-Oriented Management Plan for the Marble Hill Historic District, Baltimore, Maryland." 1995

Working Paper #25:
Murphy, Sean, James Nash and Kenneth Pruitt. "Gwynns Falls Watershed Natural Resource Management Plan." 1994. 66 pp.

Working Paper #24
Aley, Jennifer and William R. Burch, Jr. "Fort McHenry National Monument:
School Field Trip and Survey Report." 1994. 23 pp.

Working Paper #23
compiled by Galli-Noble, Elizabeth and Mary Mackey. "The Summer Urban Resources Initiative '94: Environmental Education Curriculum Guide." 1994. 25 pp.

Working Paper #22
Galli-Noble, Elizabeth and Mary Mackey. "The Summer Urban Resources Initiative '94: Report and Recommendations." 1994. 38 pp.

Working Paper #21
Bickert, Kate and Danielle Kaplan. "The Dirt on Environmental Discrimination: A Study Comparing Heavy Metal Concentrations in Soils Between High and Low-Income Neighborhoods in New Haven, CT." 1994. 18 pp.

Working Paper #20
Murphy, Sean, James Nash and Kenneth Pruitt. "A Methodology for Creating Natural Resource Management Plans for Urban Parks." 1994. 17 pp.

Working Paper #19
Jacoby, Jennifer. "The Edgewood Park/ School Project."

Working Paper #18
Harte, Alexis. "An Inner City Barn Raising: The Theory and Practice of Rapid Community Action." 1994. UNAVAILABLE

Working Paper #17
Filardi, Chris and Elizabeth Hayes. "The Education of Decision Makers: Community Forestry and Environmental Education Activity Guide." 1994. 87 pp.

Working Paper #16
Elizabeth Hayes. The Education of Decision Makers: Learning About the Natural World and Urban Classrooms 1994. 36 pp.

Working Paper #15
Bittinger, Jenny. "Summer Urban Resources Initiative, 1993: Report and Recommendations." 1993. 37 pp.

Working Paper #14
Roy, Kathy. "New Haven Conservation Corps: A Curriculum and Resource Guide." 1993. 36 pp.

Working Paper #13
Honigfeld, Harriet. "The Edgewood Park/ School Project: Innovation in Urban Environmental Education." 1994. 54 pp.

Working Paper #12
Daniel, Chris, Morgan Grove and Mark Hohmann. "A Methodology to Assess and Inventory Urban Forests in the United States: A report to American Forests and the USDA Forest Service." 1994. 109 pp.

Working Paper #11
Dalton, Shawn, Beth Conover, Dexter Mead LaTonya Danzy. "Herring Run Watershed Management Plan." 1993. 33 pp.

Working Paper #10
Dalton, Shawn, Beth Connover, Dexter Mead , LaTonya Danzy. "Natural Resource Manger's Training Manual and Field Guide." 1993. 90 pp.

Working Paper #9
"Doing More with More: A Series of Preliminary Plans for Improving Environmental Management and Community Development through Baltimore's Parks and Recreation Systems " 1993.
A 6-part series
Doing More With More. Project overview. 25 pp.
Baltimore's Reservoirs and Their Surrounding Lands. 46 pp.
Preliminary Plan for Baltimore Inner Harbor. 34 pp.
Gwynns Falls Watershed Preliminary Management Plan. 35 pp.
Jones Falls Watershed Preliminary Management Plan. 40 pp.
Herring Run Watershed Preliminary Management Plan. 56 pp

Working Paper #8
Dalton, Shawn, Burch, William R. Jr, Grove, J. Morgan. Aley, Jenny. "Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine Market Study: a series of special reports to the National Park Service." 1993. 85 pp.

Working Paper #7
Subedi, Bhishma. "Key Elements of Urban Community Forestry: A Participatory Action Research Model for Urban Forestry Management and Extension Activities." 1993. 34 pp.

Working Paper #6
Grove, Morgan. "Ecosystem Restoration and Urban Revitalization: Theory and Practice." 1992. 34 pp. UNAVAILABLE

Working Paper #5
Balmori, Diana and William R. Burch, Jr. "Collaboration in Landscape: Art and Ecology and Architecture." 1990. 25 pp.

Working Paper #4
"Strategic Plan for Action, Baltimore City Department of Recreation and Parks." 1991. 115 pp.

Working Paper #3
Azam, Md. Atiqul. "Report on the Connecticut State Nursery and Homeowner Preferences." 1990. 29 pp.

Working Paper #2
Gordon, S., Greenfeld, J., Laporte, C., Lowenstein, M., and Rodstrom, C. "Baltimore Project Final Report, Summer 1990." 1990. 109 pp.

Working Paper #1
Burch, William R. Jr and Morgan Grove, eds. "Policy, Planning, and Management Recommendations for Druid Hill Park, Baltimore, Maryland." 1990. 44 pp.

OTHER PUBLICATIONS
URI Greenspace Manual. Staff. 1999. URI.
This guide provides information for Community Greenspace projects including recommended plant species, contact information for city departments, and information about planting, watering, composting, mulch, and design.

Open Spaces As Learning Places Curriculum - Download the curriculum units.
This comprehensive curriculum includes scientific background and hands-on activities for six units based on urban open spaces. Through the curriculum, students will study and explore local schoolyards, greenspaces, parks, rivers, ponds, and cemeteries. Teachers may download the curriculum materials here for use in your own classrooms.