Green Infrastructure for Infrastructure for Clean Water Trees, Roots, and their Role in Stormwater M anagement g By John Bilotta
Green Infrastructure for Clean Water: Trees, Roots, and their Role in Stormwater Management – September 2011
Green Infrastructure for Clean Water: Trees, Roots, and their Role in Stormwater Management – September 2011
What is Green Infrastructure? What is Green Infrastructure? An approach to wet weather management that combines features of our NATURAL ENVIRONM ENT… SOILS and PLANTS … PLANTS … into practices and into practices and technologies that promote infiltration, evapotranspiration , and the capture t i ti d th t 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
Green Infrastructure is… Green Infrastructure is… • The preservation and restoration of natural restoration of natural landscape features (such as forests, floodplains and • The use of practices as forests, floodplains and The use of practices wetlands) that include trees include rain gardens, porous pavements, green roofs, infiltration planters, and rainwater l t d i t capture and reuse. Green Infrastructure for Clean Water: Trees, Roots, and their Role in Stormwater Management – September 2011
Grey is not a substitute for green Green Infrastructure for Clean Water: Trees, Roots, and their Role in Stormwater Management – September 2011
Trees & Urban Forest provide provide multiple p benefits Green Infrastructure for Clean Water: Trees, Roots, and their Role in Stormwater Management – September 2011
Trees. A savings for homeowners, businesses, and government , g Save over 20% on annual air conditioning and heating costs
Trees. Vital to Community Health . Tree-filled neighborhoods are more sociable and safer.
Trees. Important to Human Health. Healthier environments for us to live and breathe. 100 trees remove 248 lbs of air 100 trees remove 248 lbs of air • pollutants per year Lower pediatric asthma rates • Reduced volatile organic compounds •
Tree Houses Tree houses are more valuable and sell faster! Each large front yard tree adds about 1% to sales price g y p • Large specimen trees can add 10%+ to property values •
Cedar Wax Wings The Birds and the Bees - The deer and the leaves Terry Spivey, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org Trees provide critical habitat for birds and bald eagle evening grosbeak wildlife wildlife…and participation in birding is very high! and participation in birding is very high! Paul Bolstad University of M innesota Bugwood org Paul Bolstad, University of M innesota, Bugwood.org Terry Spivey, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org Green Infrastructure for Clean Water: Trees, Roots, and their Role in Stormwater Management – September 2011
Trees Mean Better Business. Trees create more business! In tree-lined commercial districts... More freq ent shopping More frequent shopping • Longer shopping trips • Shoppers spend more for parking 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
Trees Pay Us Back. What 100 large, mature street trees can do … . Costs = $148,000 $ , Benefits = $379,000 B fit $379 000 Planting Energy Pruning Air Quality Irrigation Irrigation Runoff Sidewalk Repair Real Estate Litter L Legal / Admin l / Ad i Removal/ Disposal 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
Trees. A Stormwater Utility. 100 mature trees catch about • 139,000 gallons of rainwater per year... - Less $ for stormwater control Less $ for stormwater control - Cleaner water Green Infrastructure for Clean Water: Trees, Roots, and their Role in Stormwater Management – September 2011
• Intercept (slow it ( down!) • Absorb (time – release) release) • Infiltrate Infiltrate (soak it in!) Green Infrastructure for Clean Water: Trees, Roots, and their Role in Stormwater Management – September 2011
Trees are a growing capital asset that Trees are a growing capital asset that benefits everyone in the community.
Local Leader Toolbox Plans Practices Policies Green Infrastructure for Clean Water: Trees, Roots, and their Role in Stormwater Management – September 2011
Planning Planning
Existing, Possible, and Preferable
Urban Tree Canopy Goals • Assessment • Assessment • Canopy Goals • Plan • Plan • Implementation • Monitoring M it i
• Protection & Protection & Policies Policies preservation • Tree planting & p g replacement • O & M – operation and maintenance Green Infrastructure for Clean Water: Trees, Roots, and their Role in Stormwater Management – September 2011
Implementation Plan p Urban Tree Canopy Goals Urban Tree Canopy Goals • Pr • Pr otec tion otec tion • T • T • T • T r r r r ee ee ee ee planting planting • Quality • Quality Q Q lit lit c ar c ar e e
Tree protection – why save the big trees? trees? Green Infrastructure for Clean Water: Trees, Roots, and their Role in Stormwater Management – September 2011
Practices Practices • Vegetative swales Vegetative swales • Urban tree planters • Riparian buffers i i b ff Green Infrastructure for Clean Water: Trees, Roots, and their Role in Stormwater Management – September 2011
• Tree Trench Practices Practices Green Infrastructure for Clean Water: Trees, Roots, and their Role in Stormwater Management – September 2011
• Tree Trench Practices Practices Green Infrastructure for Clean Water: Trees, Roots, and their Role in Stormwater Management – September 2011
Trees Green Infrastructure for Clean Water: Trees, Roots, and their Role in Stormwater Management – September 2011
Practices Policies Plans Green Infrastructure for Clean Water: Trees, Roots, and their Role in Stormwater Management – September 2011
Green Infrastructure for Clean Water: Trees, Roots, and their Role in Stormwater Management – September 2011
Green Infrastructure for Clean Water: Trees, Roots, and their Role in Stormwater Management – September 2011
Green Infrastructure for Clean Water: Trees, Roots, and their Role in Stormwater Management – September 2011
Green Infrastructure for Clean Water: Trees, Roots, and their Role in Stormwater Management – September 2011
Green Infrastructure for Clean Water: Trees, Roots, and their Role in Stormwater Management – September 2011
Green Infrastructure for Clean Water: Trees, Roots, and their Role in Stormwater Management – September 2011
Green Infrastructure for Clean Water: Trees, Roots, and their Role in Stormwater Management – September 2011
Green Infrastructure for Clean Water: Trees, Roots, and their Role in Stormwater Management – September 2011
Green Infrastructure for Clean Water: Trees, Roots, and their Role in Stormwater Management – September 2011
Kimley-Horn Associates Minneapolis/St. Paul Green Infrastructure for Clean Water: Trees, Roots, and their Role in Stormwater Management – September 2011
Practices Policies Plans Green Infrastructure for Clean Water: Trees, Roots, and their Role in Stormwater Management – September 2011
Trees are a part of our stormwater system stormwater system Green Infrastructure for Clean Water: Trees, Roots, and their Role in Stormwater Management – September 2011
About NEM O NEM O (Nonpoint Education for M unicipal 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. p Northland NEM O is the M innesota – Wisconsin program led by p g y the University of M innesota Extension and M innesota Sea Grant with significant support and contributions from a variety of partners www.northlandnemo.org Green Infrastructure for Clean Water: Trees, Roots, and their Role in Stormwater M anagement – September 2011
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