Current Research Projects

New Research Underway!

During the summer of 2022, The Britton Fund awarded new research funding in the amount of $8,000 (over 2 scholastic quarters) to Dr. Matt Ritter, Dr. Jenn Yost, Cami Pawlik (graduate student and Western Chapter Scholarship recipient). Their project, Trends in Native Tree Plantings in Urban California: Where are trees native in the urban environment?, will use spatially explicit native tree ranges to determine the number and identity of tree species truly native to urban environments within California and to create native species lists for all urban areas in the state. This data will be used to assess what percentage of California’s Urban Forest is currently native in a select set of 80 species with high-quality urban tree inventory data. The results will be presented in print and at regionals conferences and workshops.

The Britton Fund is dedicated to the awarding of research grants in the field of arboriculture with emphasis on issues inherent to the geographic area of California, Nevada, Arizona, and Hawaii.

Research outcomes are shared online and through publications, seminars, and conferences. 

Active and recently completed projects: