Joseph McCarthy

Chicago

Joseph McCarthy is Senior Forester, City of Chicago Dept. of Forestry. Since 1990, Joseph has worked to foster cooperation with other city departments ensuring that all reasonable options are explored to preserve and protect city trees in capital improvement projects. Researched relevant Federal and State road design codes, design standards and policies which aided in the development of flexibility in roadway design standards. Developed tree protection standards as well as Tree Removal and Replacement policies for the City that place a monetary value on these valuable City assets. Developed protocols for measuring changes in Chicago’s street tree population. Implemented random sample inventories (1994, 2003, and 2013) in order to assess, monitor and track changes in the street tree population. Developed street tree diversity targets and guidelines. This research has provided relevant data to the City’s exotic insect eradication (ALB) and management (EAB) programs. Joseph is very engaged in the CRTI and has been a tremendous asset in understanding challenges at the larger community scale that include resident communication, interdepartmental challenges, climate adaptation, and volunteer engagement among others.