How to maintain and keep healthy Backyard Woods
http://www.arborday.org/backyardwoods/tipsheets.cfm
What to do about dead trees in the yard
http://www.na.fs.fed.us/stewardship/faq/08deadtrees.html
Managing the Woods - Top 10 FAQ
http://www.na.fs.fed.us/stewardship/faq/index.html
A Tree Owners Manual
http://na.fs.fed.us/pubs/detail.cfm?id=9712
Resources for Homeowners (Tree selection, buying high quality trees, planting trees in design built landscapes, how to prune, avoiding tree conflicts like powerlines)
http://www.na.fs.fed.us/resources/homeowners.shtm
Can we Landscape to accommodate deer?
http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/ewdcc6/17/
Deer resistance by Rutgers
http://njaes.rutgers.edu/pubs/publication.asp?pid=E271
Selecting Urban Trees and Shrubs (we're not technically urban - but with figuring in global warming it seems that anywhere under 2 hours to NYC most likely ought to reconsider themselves as urban)
http://na.fs.fed.us/spfo/pubs/uf/uts/index.htm
Trees and Ice Storms - The development of Ice Storm-Resistant Urban Tree Populations
http://www.na.fs.fed.us/urban/inforesources/TreesIceStorms2ed.pdf
A guide to Native Plants of the NYC Region.
Article: Battlefront in the front yard
Its about veggie gardening - we were thinking of using our side yard in this capacity; food for thought over the winter.
As of now we're considering a Zelkova or White Spire Birch but not sure with much of the above links weighing in. Wish we could find an index of these How-Tos for various trees...
How to Grow and Maintain a Healthy Birch Tree
http://www.na.fs.fed.us/spfo/pubs/howtos/ht_birch/ht_birch.htm#TOP
