Urban National Landowner Survey: Baltimore, 2018
| Authors: | Dexter H. Locke, Jesse Caputo, Amanda Robillard, Emma M. Sass, Nancy Falxa Sonti, Morgan Grove, Brett J. Butler |
| Year: | 2025 |
| Type: | General Technical Report |
| Station: | Northern Research Station |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.2737/NRS-GTR-229 |
| Source: | Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-229. Madison, WI: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 31 p. [plus 2 appendixes]. |
Abstract
The Urban National Landowners Survey (UNLS) provides information about who owns the trees across America’s urban areas, why they own them, what they have done with them in the past, and what they plan to do with them in the future. The first UNLS was completed for Baltimore, MD, in 2018 and provides estimates for all landowners in the city. Most people in Baltimore valued trees on their property and in their neighborhood evidenced by the following: they agreed that trees make the neighborhood a better place to live, that tree health should be considered during construction, and that good landscaping increases property values. Residents also had concerns about tree branches damaging property, tree roots interfering with building foundations and/or septic systems, and tree branches breaking and causing a power outage. These concerns may explain why the percentage of owners who removed trees was greater than those who planted trees and why about two-thirds of owners who removed trees did not replace them. Appendixes provide a sample of the survey instrument and a full set of results in tabular form.
Appendix 1: Annotated survey booklet (pdf, 479 KB)
Appendix 2: List of summary tables (html file, 136 KB)