The Importance of Trees

http://www.aces.edu/ucf/whytrees.php - "How Urban Trees Help Your Community" - 

Alabama Cooperative Extension System (ACES) - Alabama A&M and Auburn Universities

http://www.arborday.org/trees/benefits.cfm - "The Value of Trees to a Community ... 

statistics on just how important trees are in a community setting

" - Arbor Day Foundation

http://txforestservice.tamu.edu/main/article.aspx?id=1279 - "Urban Forestry" - Texas A&M Forest Service

http://www.TreesAreGood.org/ - Trees are Good, 

International Society of Arboriculture.

http://www.texastrees.org/  - 

The Texas Trees Foundation

http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/southerngarden/treestx.html - "Trees for Texas Landscapes" By Dr. William C. Welch, Professor and Landscape Horticulturist

Crape Myrtles by the Pros

Information on crape myrtles by professionals:

"Severe Pruning of Crape Myrtles an Ugly, Foolish Practice" 

By Shane Harris, Alabama Cooperative Extension System (ACES) - Alabama A&M and Auburn Universities

http://www.aces.edu/ucf/crapemyrtles.php

"Stop Crape Murder!"

The University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) 

http://solutionsforyourlife.ufl.edu/hot_topics/lawn_and_garden/crape_murder.html

"The Ongoing Saga Of The Annual Crape Myrtle Massacre" by Randy Lemmon

http://www.ktrh.com/pages/gardenline2.html?article=10633038

"Stop the Crape Murder!" by Greg Grant

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service

http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/archives/parsons/publications/stopthecrape.html

"Crape Myrtles for Central Texas Landscapes" by Skip Richter, Travis County Extension Horticulturist, Texas AgriLife Extension Service

http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/travis/lg_o_art_trees5.htm