Project Backgrround:
The analysis of the City of Roanoke’s urban tree canopy (UTC) was carried out by the Virginia Department of Forestry in collaboration with the City of Roanoke and the Roanoke Valley— Alleghany Regional Commission. Assistance was provided by the Virginia Geospatial Extension Program (VGEP) at Virginia Tech’s Department of Forestry and by the Spatial Analysis Laboratory (SAL) of the University of Vermont. The goal of the project was to apply the USDA Forest Service’s UTC assessment protocols to the City of Roanoke. This analysis was conducted based on year 2008 data.