Browsing by Subject "tree canopy"

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    Assessing Equitable Tree Canopy Coverage
    (Resilient Communities Project (RCP), University of Minnesota, 2021) Gjertson, Daniel; Kennedy, Jamie; Murphy, Megan; Scott, Derell
    This resource is adapted from a student project and report originally created for the City of Woodbury, Minnesota, as part of a year-long partnership with the University of Minnesota’s Resilient Communities Project (RCP), with financial support and technical assistance from the Metropolitan Council. This resource describes a replicable method used in the City of Woodbury to assess current tree canopy cover, as well as identify potential areas for additional investment to increase tree canopy cover in a way that is both equitable and sustainable.
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    Incorporating Traditional Ecological Knowledge into Urban Tree Canopy Projects
    (Resilient Communities Project (RCP), University of Minnesota, 2021) Jennings, Cody; Ziegler, Ben; Schiltz, Dennis; Warren, Angela
    This resource is adapted from a report originally created for the City of Woodbury, Minnesota, as part of a year-long partnership with the University of Minnesota’s Resilient Communities Project (RCP), with financial support and technical assistance from the Metropolitan Council. This guide was created to inform urban tree canopy projects in cities and counties in the Twin Cities metropolitan area by introducing the concept of traditional ecological knowledge and suggesting ways that local government agencies might engage Native American Tribal Nations in their urban forestry planning efforts.
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    MSRC2019: Mass, moisture, nitrogen, and phosphorus in street sweepings collected from five cities in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area, Minnesota
    (2020-09-21) Hobbie, Sarah E.; Baker, Lawrence A.; Finlay, Jacques C.; shobbie@umn.edu; Hobbie, Sarah E; Departments of Ecology, Evolution & Behavior, and Bioproducts & Biosystems Engineering
    Quality of many urban water bodies is impaired because of phosphorus (P) loading from stormwater runoff. Trees near impervious surfaces contribute significantly to this P loading. Mounting evidence indicates that street sweeping, by removing nutrient-rich litterfall from streets, can effectively reduce inputs of pollutants to stormwater and reduce maintenance of downstream BMPs. Yet, street sweeping remains an underdeveloped BMP for P source reduction, as currently there is no easily implementable method for crediting sweeping practices that is approved by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA). Thus, water quality credits for street sweeping practices are typically not applied to permit conditions such as Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDL) Waste Load Allocations in Minnesota. Through a UMN-MPCA-city partnership, we collected data on street sweeping loads including: sweeper volume, wet mass of solids, dry mass of solids, and nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations in sweepings and loads removed by different street sweeper types throughout the snow-free season (spring, summer, fall), across the range of tree canopy covers and species composition typical of Minnesota’s cities. Partner cities included Forest Lake, Minneapolis, Prior Lake, Roseville, and Shoreview.
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    Urban Tree Canopy Community Engagement Toolkit
    (Resilient Communities Project (RCP), University of Minnesota, 2021) Baker, Bill; Kennedy, Jamie; Stower, Kathryn; Rodiles, Naomi
    This resource is adapted from a toolkit originally created for the City of Woodbury, Minnesota, as part of a year-long partnership with the University of Minnesota’s Resilient Communities Project (RCP), with financial support and technical assistance from the Metropolitan Council. The goal of the project was to create resources for local governments to inform and engage residents in urban tree canopy initiatives. The toolkit include templates for developing a comprehensive communications plan, a checklist for designing an inclusive engagement effort, an animated vision-sharing video; a tree stewardship event template; and three tools for gathering public input—online surveys, pop-up engagements, and focus groups.