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On-site with the trees / Syracuse, NY (street, park, and yard trees)

Street-tree inventory using the i-Tree Eco field protocol — Syracuse, NY.

Record each street tree's species, trunk diameter, and crown condition in Syracuse using the i-Tree Eco protocol. Read all of it

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Proof it takes, the deadline, the level
  • ProofSpecies identified or flagged uncertain for expert ID + DBH measured at standard 4.5 ft height + Crown light exposure, dieback band recorded + Location recorded: GPS point or address + Dataset entered in i-Tree Eco-compatible form + Risk-sign tree cross-routed to the Level-1 packet
  • Open until2027-02-25
  • Levelentry
All of it: the words, the place, the proof

Record each street tree's species, trunk diameter, and crown condition in Syracuse using the i-Tree Eco protocol. Syracuse is the working home base of the i-Tree program's own lead developer, the USDA Forest Service's Northern Research Station.

Offer to pay $130. The receipt lands onchain once the proof is approved.

What it looks like
A volunteer near the Northern Research Station's home city stretches a diameter tape around a Syracuse street tree, logging its species and crown condition before moving to the next block.

A description of this kind of work, not a record that it happened here.

Where
On-site with the trees / Syracuse, NY (street, park, and yard trees). Open the map
Pay
$130 proposed

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Proof
Species identified or flagged uncertain for expert ID + DBH measured at standard 4.5 ft height + Crown light exposure, dieback band recorded + Location recorded: GPS point or address + Dataset entered in i-Tree Eco-compatible form + Risk-sign tree cross-routed to the Level-1 packet

This is exactly what gets it approved. Nothing settles without it.

Level
entry: anyone can start here
Open until
2027-02-25
Posted by
0x034F…6c89

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Safety, read before you claim

This is ground-level, non-invasive data collection only: no climbing, no root excavation, no pruning or treatment. Any tree with a structural risk sign routes to the separate Level-1 packet; power-line trees are observed from a safe distance only; wear a hi-vis vest near traffic.

The full safety list for this job:

  • DBH is measured with a tape from the ground, and a tree whose breast-height point is hard to reach is measured per the i-Tree Eco manual's guidance or skipped and noted, never climbed.
  • This is an inventory and benefit-estimation input, not a risk assessment, and a risk-sign tree routes to an ISA Certified Arborist.
  • No work or close approach near utility lines.
  • This packet is independent of and not affiliated with the USDA Forest Service, the Northern Research Station, or David Nowak: named as the real, verified working home of the i-Tree program's own lead developer, not an endorsement or partnership.
How this work is done

How this work is done

A documented method, so this packet comes out the same whoever does it.

Bring

  • GPS-capable phone
  • DBH tape (diameter-at-breast-height tape) or a standard tape measure
  • a tree species field guide or identification app
  • camera
  • a clipboard or tablet data-collection form matching the i-Tree Eco fields
  • hi-vis vest if working near traffic

Steps

  1. 1. Walk the assigned block or corridor and record a GPS point or address plus side/position for each tree encountered.
  2. 2. Identify the species from visible leaf, bark, and form characteristics; if uncertain, photograph the tree for expert ID and flag the record as species-uncertain rather than guessing.
  3. 3. Measure the trunk diameter with the DBH tape at the standard 4.5 ft (1.37 m) breast height; where that point is unusually hard to reach (steep slope, unusual form), measure per the i-Tree Eco manual's alternate guidance or skip and note the reason, never by climbing.
  4. 4. Record Crown Light Exposure on the 0 to 5 scale (how many sides of the crown receive direct light) and a crown-dieback condition band (for example Fair 10 to 25 percent, Poor 25 to 50 percent, Dead 100 percent).
  5. 5. Note the land-use context for each tree (street, park, yard) and count any vacant planting site along the corridor.
  6. 6. Photograph each inventoried tree and, separately, flag any tree showing an active structural risk sign (crack, cavity, hanging limb, sudden lean, conks) for the separate ISA Level-1 visual-check packet rather than assessing it here.
  7. 7. Enter or export the completed per-tree dataset in i-Tree Eco-compatible form, noting the total trees inventoried and any refused or inaccessible trees.
  8. 8. Submit the dataset to the program or municipality running the i-Tree Eco analysis so the records feed the canopy and ecosystem-service benefit estimate.

What counts as done

  • Species identified (or flagged uncertain and routed for expert ID) and DBH measured at the standard 4.5 ft (1.37 m) breast height with a diameter or DBH tape, recorded per tree
  • Crown Light Exposure (CLE, 0-5 scale) and crown-dieback condition band (e.g. Fair 10-25%, Poor 25-50%, Dead 100%) recorded per the i-Tree Eco field protocol
  • Each tree's location recorded (GPS point or address + side/position) and land-use context noted (street, park, yard, etc.)
  • The completed dataset entered or exported in i-Tree Eco-compatible form, with the total trees inventoried and any refused/inaccessible trees noted

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