Center for Watershed Protection. 2017. Design Specifications for Urban Tree Planting. Crediting Framework Product #8 for the project Making Urban Trees Count: A Project to Demonstrate the Role of Urban Trees in Achieving Regulatory Compliance for Clean Water. Center for Watershed Protection, Ellicott City, MD. The Center for Watershed Protection compiled best practices for design, preparation, planting, and maintenance of urban tree planting projects into a set of Design Specifications for Urban Tree Planting. These specifications can be incorporated as guidance by regulatory agencies adopting tree planting credits for stormwater or TMDL requirements to help ensure that trees planted can reach their full growth potential.