Using Urban Forestry Practices to Reduce Stormwater Runoff

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Using Urban Forestry Practices to Reduce Stormwater Runoff

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Peterson, Paul

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2010

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This study reviews the current thought and literature on urban watershed forestry and explains how increasing total forest canopy cover in an urban watershed will result in a corresponding decrease in stormwater runoff. The American Forests CITYGreen urban forestry model is applied to two sub-watersheds in the Vadnais Lake watershed, Ramsey County, Minnesota, to predict the outcome of applying urban watershed forestry practices. Results indicated a positive correlation between an increase in urban forest canopy cover and a reduction in volume of stormwater flow from precipitation events.

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urban forestry

canopy cover

citygreen

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Peterson, P. 2010. Using Urban Forestry Practices to Reduce Stormwater Runoff.

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Peterson, Paul. (2010). Using Urban Forestry Practices to Reduce Stormwater Runoff. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/101667.

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