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1 Green Infrastructure for Clean Water Trees, Roots, and their Role in Stormwater Management By John Bilotta

2 Green Infrastructure for Clean Water: Trees, Roots, and their Role in Stormwater Management September 2011

3 Green Infrastructure for Clean Water: Trees, Roots, and their Role in Stormwater Management September 2011

4 What is Green Infrastructure? An approach to wet weather management that combines features of our NATURAL ENVIRONMENT SOILS and PLANTS into practices and technologies that promote infiltration, evapotranspiration, ti and dthe capture and reuse of stormwater to maintain or restore natural hydrology. Green Infrastructure for Clean Water: Trees, Roots, and their Role in Stormwater Management September 2011

5 Green Infrastructure is The preservation and restoration of natural landscape features (such as forests, floodplains and The use of practices wetlands) that include trees include rain gardens, porous pavements, green roofs, infiltration planters, and rainwater capture and reuse. Green Infrastructure for Clean Water: Trees, Roots, and their Role in Stormwater Management September 2011

6 Grey is not a substitute for green Green Infrastructure for Clean Water: Trees, Roots, and their Role in Stormwater Management September 2011

7 Trees & Urban Forest provide multiple benefits Green Infrastructure for Clean Water: Trees, Roots, and their Role in Stormwater Management September 2011

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9 Trees. A savings for homeowners, businesses, and government Save over 20% on annual air conditioning and heating costs

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11 Trees. Vital to Community Health. Tree-filled neighborhoods are more sociable and safer.

12 Trees. Important to Human Health. Healthier environments for us to live and breathe. 100 trees remove 248 lbs of air pollutants per year Lower pediatric asthma rates Reduced volatile organic compounds

13 Tree Houses Tree houses are more valuable and sell faster! Each large front yard tree adds about 1% to sales price Large specimen trees can add 10%+ to property values

14 Cedar Wax Wings The Birds and the Bees - The deer and the leaves Terry Spivey, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org bald eagle Trees provide critical habitat for birds and evening grosbeak wildlife and participation in birding is very high! Paul Bolstad, University of Minnesota, Bugwood.orgorg Terry Spivey, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org Green Infrastructure for Clean Water: Trees, Roots, and their Role in Stormwater Management September 2011

15 Trees Mean Better Business. Trees create more business! In tree-lined commercial districts... More frequent ent shopping Longer shopping trips Shoppers spend more for parking Shoppers spend 12% more for goods Green Infrastructure for Clean Water: Trees, Roots, and their Role in Stormwater Management September 2011

16 Trees Pay Us Back. What 100 large, mature street trees can do. Costs = $148,000 Planting Pruning Irrigation Sidewalk Repair Litter Legal /Ad Admin Removal/Disposal Benefits = $379,000 Energy Air Quality Runoff Real Estate Pay Off: $231,000 Looking for a good ROI? How about a 250%! Green Infrastructure for Clean Water: Trees, Roots, and their Role in Stormwater Management September 2011

17 Trees. A Stormwater Utility. 100 mature trees catch about 139,000 gallons of rainwater per year... - Less $ for stormwater control - Cleaner water Green Infrastructure for Clean Water: Trees, Roots, and their Role in Stormwater Management September 2011

18 Intercept (slow it down!) Absorb (time release) Infiltrate (soak it in!) Green Infrastructure for Clean Water: Trees, Roots, and their Role in Stormwater Management September 2011

19 Trees are a growing capital asset that Trees are a growing capital asset that benefits everyone in the community.

20 Local Leader Toolbox Plans Practices Policies Green Infrastructure for Clean Water: Trees, Roots, and their Role in Stormwater Management September 2011

21 Planning

22 Existing, Possible, and Preferable

23 Urban Tree Canopy Goals Assessment Canopy Goals Plan Implementation Monitoring i

24 Policies Protection & preservation Tree planting & replacement O & M operation and maintenance Green Infrastructure for Clean Water: Trees, Roots, and their Role in Stormwater Management September 2011

25 Implementation Plan Urban Tree Canopy Goals Protection Tree planting Quality care

26 Tree protection why save the big trees? Green Infrastructure for Clean Water: Trees, Roots, and their Role in Stormwater Management September 2011

27 Practices Vegetative swales Urban tree planters Riparian i buffers Green Infrastructure for Clean Water: Trees, Roots, and their Role in Stormwater Management September 2011

28 Practices Tree Trench Green Infrastructure for Clean Water: Trees, Roots, and their Role in Stormwater Management September 2011

29 Practices Tree Trench Green Infrastructure for Clean Water: Trees, Roots, and their Role in Stormwater Management September 2011

30 Trees Green Infrastructure for Clean Water: Trees, Roots, and their Role in Stormwater Management September 2011

31 Practices Policies Plans Green Infrastructure for Clean Water: Trees, Roots, and their Role in Stormwater Management September 2011

32 Green Infrastructure for Clean Water: Trees, Roots, and their Role in Stormwater Management September 2011

33 Green Infrastructure for Clean Water: Trees, Roots, and their Role in Stormwater Management September 2011

34 Green Infrastructure for Clean Water: Trees, Roots, and their Role in Stormwater Management September 2011

35 Green Infrastructure for Clean Water: Trees, Roots, and their Role in Stormwater Management September 2011

36 Green Infrastructure for Clean Water: Trees, Roots, and their Role in Stormwater Management September 2011

37 Green Infrastructure for Clean Water: Trees, Roots, and their Role in Stormwater Management September 2011

38 Green Infrastructure for Clean Water: Trees, Roots, and their Role in Stormwater Management September 2011

39 Green Infrastructure for Clean Water: Trees, Roots, and their Role in Stormwater Management September 2011

40 Green Infrastructure for Clean Water: Trees, Roots, and their Role in Stormwater Management September 2011

41 Kimley-Horn Associates Minneapolis/St. Paul Green Infrastructure for Clean Water: Trees, Roots, and their Role in Stormwater Management September 2011

42 Practices Policies Plans Green Infrastructure for Clean Water: Trees, Roots, and their Role in Stormwater Management September 2011

43 Trees are a part of our stormwater system Green Infrastructure for Clean Water: Trees, Roots, and their Role in Stormwater Management September 2011

44 About NEMO NEMO (Nonpoint Education for Municipal Officials) Program is a nationally recognized education program for local elected and appointed decision makers addressing the relationship between land use and natural resource protection. Northland NEMO is the Minnesota Wisconsin program led by the University of Minnesota Extension and Minnesota Sea Grant with significant support and contributions from a variety of partners Green Infrastructure for Clean Water: Trees, Roots, and their Role in Stormwater Management September 2011

45 Acknowledgements Content acknowledgment Jill Johnson, U.S. Forest Service Additional slides, pictures, and graphics: Kimley-Horn Associates Mike Isensee, Dakota SWCD Jay Michels, Emmons & Oliver Associates Ramsey-Washington Metro Watershed District Northland NEMO Program BARR Engineering CRWD. RWMWD Financial support from: U of MN Extension Minnesota Sea Grant Capitol Region Watershed District Carver Water Management Organization Minnehaha Creek Watershed District Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources Minnesota Sea Grant Mississippi Water Management Organization Nine Mile Creek Watershed District Rice Creek Watershed District Riley Purgatory Bluff Creek Watershed District South Washington Watershed District Vadnais Lakes Area Water Management Organization Vermillion River Watershed JPO Green Infrastructure for Clean Water: Trees, Roots, and their Role in Stormwater Management September 2011

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