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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

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Green Infrastructure for Infrastructure for Clean Water

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By John Bilotta

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

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What is Green Infrastructure? What is Green Infrastructure?

An approach to wet weather management that combines features

  • f our NATURAL

ENVIRONM ENT… SOILS and PLANTS… into practices and PLANTS… into practices and technologies that promote infiltration, t i ti d th t evapotranspiration, and the capture and reuse of stormwater to maintain

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  • r restore natural hydrology.
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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 wetlands)

The use of practices that include trees include rain gardens, porous pavements, green roofs, infiltration l t d i t planters, and rainwater capture and reuse.

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Grey is not a substitute for green

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Trees & Urban Forest provide provide multiple p benefits

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  • Trees. A savings for homeowners,

businesses, and government , g

Save over 20% on annual air conditioning and heating costs

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  • Trees. Vital to Community Health.

Tree-filled neighborhoods are more sociable and safer.

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  • 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
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Tree Houses

Tree houses are more valuable and sell faster!

  • Each large front yard tree adds about 1% to sales price

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  • Large specimen trees can add 10%+ to property values
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The Birds and the Bees

Cedar Wax Wings

  • The deer and the leaves

Terry Spivey, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org

bald eagle

evening grosbeak

Trees provide critical habitat for birds and wildlife and participation in birding is very high! wildlife…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

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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

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Trees Pay Us Back.

B fit $379 000

What 100 large, mature street trees can do … .

Costs = $148,000 Benefits = $379,000

Energy Air Quality

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Planting Pruning Irrigation Runoff Real Estate Irrigation Sidewalk Repair Litter L l / Ad i Legal / Admin Removal/ Disposal

Pay Off: $231,000

Looking for a good ROI ? How about a 250% !

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  • 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

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  • Intercept

(slow it ( down!)

  • Absorb

(time – release) release)

  • Infiltrate

Infiltrate (soak it in!)

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

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Local Leader Toolbox

Plans Policies Practices

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Planning Planning

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Existing, Possible, and Preferable

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Urban Tree Canopy Goals

  • Assessment
  • Assessment
  • Canopy Goals
  • Plan
  • Plan
  • Implementation

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  • Monitoring
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  • Protection &

Policies

Protection & preservation

  • Tree planting &

Policies

p g replacement

  • O & M – operation and

maintenance

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Implementation Plan

Urban Tree Canopy Goals Urban Tree Canopy Goals

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r ee planting Q lit

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r ee planting Q lit

  • Quality

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  • Quality

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Tree protection –

why save the big trees? trees?

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Practices

  • Vegetative swales

Practices

Vegetative swales

  • Urban tree planters

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  • Riparian buffers

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  • Tree Trench

Practices Practices

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  • Tree Trench

Practices Practices

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Trees

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Practices Plans Policies

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Kimley-Horn Associates Minneapolis/St. Paul

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Practices Plans Policies

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Trees are a part of our stormwater system stormwater system

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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

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Acknowledgements Acknowledgements

Content acknowledgment 2011 Financial support from: Content acknowledgment

  • Jill Johnson, U.S. Forest Service

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2011 Financial support from:

  • U of M N Extension
  • M innesota Sea Grant
  • Capitol Region Watershed District

Additional slides, pictures, and graphics:

  • Kimley-Horn Associates
  • Carver Water Management Organization
  • M innehaha Creek Watershed District
  • Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources
  • Minnesota Sea Grant
  • M ike Isensee, Dakota SWCD
  • Jay M ichels, Emmons & Oliver

Associates R W hi t M t

Minnesota Sea Grant

  • M ississippi Water M anagement Organization
  • Nine Mile Creek Watershed District
  • Rice Creek Watershed District
  • Riley Purgatory Bluff Creek Watershed District
  • Ramsey-Washington M etro

Watershed District

  • Northland NEM O Program
  • BARR Engineering
  • Riley Purgatory Bluff Creek Watershed District
  • South Washington Watershed District
  • Vadnais Lakes Area Water M anagement

Organization

  • Vermillion River Watershed JPO
  • BARR Engineering
  • CRWD. RWM WD.
  • Vermillion River Watershed JPO

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Green Infrastructure for Infrastructure for Clean Water

Trees, Roots, and their Role in Stormwater M anagement g

By John Bilotta

Phone: 651-480-7708 or 612-624-7708 Phone: 651-480-7708 or 612-624-7708 Email: jbilotta@umn.edu