Articles by Melissa Custic

About Melissa Custic

Melissa Custic has put her M.S. in Plant Biology and Conservation to work at The Morton Arboretum coordinating the Chicago Region Trees Initiative.

Key Lessons Learned in the Quest to Re-green Chicago

The data we have gathered about trees in this region are powerful, but are mostly meaningful because they are in fine enough in detail to be applicable at a local scale. We spent our first few years gathering data so we could identify solutions based on need and not speculation.