Current Projects
Community engagement in the "Lansing Roots" project
Fair Forests Consulting is helping the City of Lansing, Michigan to engage residents in low canopy neighborhoods in a project to plant and care for 2,000 trees! Residents can draw pictures of what they would like to see with trees, complete our survey, or write a post-it. Stay tuned! We'll be facilitating an Advisory Council with residents in the coming months (spring/summer 2026).
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Treesilience Toolkit
Dr. Carmichael is helping to develop a Toolkit for the Treesilience program to help more communities provide support to remove hazardous trees in low income urban areas, and engage residents in selecting and planting new trees. Anticipated completion in late spring 2026!
"More Than Paper" media campaign
Fair Forests Consulting is partnering with Baton Rouge Green on the latest iteration of their "More Than Paper" campaign!
The purpose of More Than Paper® is to raise awareness regarding the myriad ecological, economic, social, and human health benefits that trees provide for our communities.
Past Projects
Addressing “no-tree requests” in Detroit, Michigan
Between August 2014 and May 2017, Dr. Carmichael (founder of Fair Forests) helped the non-profit organization The Greening of Detroit to understand why 25% of Detroit residents eligible to receive a free street tree between 2011-2014 chose to decline this offer.
Holyoke Urban Forest Equity Plan
From 2020-2021, Dr. Carmichael advised the city of Holyoke, Massachusetts on equitable and accessible strategies to engage residents in low canopy communities in creating an Urban Forest Equity Plan.
Revising Ann Arbor's Urban Forest Management Plan
Fair Forests Consulting helped the city of Ann Arbor revise its 2014 Urban Forest Management Plan to include equity in the recommendations and community engagement strategies in 2021-2023.
Lessening health impacts of climate change
Fair Forests Consulting helped to create asynchronous training for Community Health Workers in Michigan to better serve clients vulnerable to health impacts of climate change (like extreme heat or flooding).
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