The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The second best time is now.

-- anonymous

The forests are the flags of nature. They appeal to all and awaken inspiring universal feelings. Enter the forest and the boundaries of nations are forgotten. It may be that some time an immortal pine will be the flag of a united peaceful world.

-- Enos A. Mills

The Arbor Doctor links

Come here often. You will find links to help you with tree care, landscaping care, general horticultural information, adoption (a subject of great personal interest to the Arbor Doctor and his wife), and other subjects of more general interest.

EAB links:

EAB Information at our Blog

EAB

Favorite links:

This resource for Ohio's gardening community is sponsored by the Members of the Ohio Nursery & Landscape Association (ONLA).

http://www.plantamnesty.orgThis Pacific Northwest site is designed to provide information to protect from the number one tree pest in the world---MAN!!! While the site has some local information there is plenty here for people nation-wide.

http://www.treesaregood.com/The consumer site of the International Society of Arboriculture.

Big trees:

http://www.ohiodnr.com/Home/bigtrees/default/tabid/4806/Default.aspxOhio Champion trees site

http://www.forestry.ky.gov/programs/kybigtreeKentucky champion trees site

http://www.in.gov/dnr/files/bigtree2005.pdf Indiana champion trees site

Parks and arboreta:

http://www.bcarboretum.org/Boone County, Kentucky, Arboretum

http://www.redrivergorge.org/ Web site about Kentucky's Red River Gorge. Arbor Doctor owner Ron Rothhaas has hiked nearly every mile of trail in the gorge and leads hikes there every Labor Day weekend. E-mail Ron for details at ron@arbordoctor.com.

http://www.kellermangallery.com/Galleries/RedRiverGorge2008/
album/index.html Our Red River Gorge hike Labor Day Weekend 2008

http://greatparks.org/

http://www.mountwashington.org/cam/deck/index.php A fun site with extreme weather!

http://parks.ky.gov/Kentucky State Parks

Do I need water?

http://www.hcs.ohiostate.edu/mg/manual/woody4.htmWatering guidelines from The Ohio State University Master Gardener site

http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/3000/3061.html fact sheet on diagnosing problems with planting sites and tree roots.

Urban Forestry:
http://www.ohiodnr.com/forestry/urban/
Ohio urban forestry site

NWS regional storm total radar estimates real time:

http://weather.gov/radar/latest/DS.80stp/si.kiln.shtml

Detailed local observations updated at 10 AM daily:
http://www.erh.noaa.gov/er/iln/afos/CLEHYDILN

CVG international airport hourly update and summary:

http://weather.noaa.gov/weather/current/KCVG.html

Lunken Airport hourly update and summary:

http://weather.noaa.gov/weather/current/KLUK.html

Hamilton-Fairfield airport hourly update and summary:

http://weather.noaa.gov/weather/current/KHAO.html

Soil moisture indices:

http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring
/regional_monitoring/palmer.gifPalmer Drought Index

http://www.cpc.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/regional_monitoring
/cmi.gif Crop/soil moisture index

http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/soilmst/img/curr.w.anom.daily.gifSoil moisture index

Tornadoes:

Website of Meteorologist Steve Horstmeyer, including sections on significant tornadoes in Cincinnati history. This is a great site with fascinating photos of significant Cincinnati tornadoes. Steve is chief meteorologist at Cincinnati's WXIX TV, the longest tenured local TV meteorologist, a contributing editor to Weatherwise magazine, and as passionate and geeky about weather as the Arbor Doctor is about trees!

Steve Horstmeyer's web site

Comprehensive coverage of the F5 tornado which Arbor Doctor Ron Rothhaas witnessed and which ravaged the west side of Cincinnati on April 3, 1974:

http://www.shorstmeyer.com/tornadoes/1974.html

Steve Horstmeyer's tornado pages:

http://www.shorstmeyer.com/tornadoes/index.html

Miscellaneous links:

(Arbor) Doctoring Your Yard

Does your yard have a health plan?

Damaged Trees May Have Monetary Value

The Battle of Trees vs. Turf

Buggy Joe Boggs Blog

Growing degree days and phenology for Ohio