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Storms Over the Urban F orest: Part 1 – Natural Hazards Management Planning

Storms Over the Urban F orest: Part 1 – Natural Hazards Management Planning. Prepared for Alliance for Community Trees February 17, 2011 Alessandra Jerolleman, MPA, CFM. Overview. Working with emergency management Advantages from an Urban Forestry Perspective

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Storms Over the Urban F orest: Part 1 – Natural Hazards Management Planning

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  1. Storms Over the Urban Forest: Part 1 – Natural Hazards Management Planning • Prepared for Alliance for Community Trees • February 17, 2011 • Alessandra Jerolleman, MPA, CFM

  2. Overview • Working with emergency management • Advantages from an Urban Forestry Perspective • Advantages for Emergency Management • How? • Following an event • Assess the damage • Keeper/Border Line/Removal • First Aid to Keepers and Border Line • Specific Considerations • Publications

  3. Working with emergency management • Advantages from an Urban Forestry Perspective • Support for an Urban Forestry Management Program • Build relationships with various stakeholders • Avoid misunderstandings and confrontations • Advantages for Emergency Management • Reduce liability from tree damage • Benefits to flood plains and water quality • Reduce cost and other impacts from tree damage • How? • Participate in planning mechanisms such as Mitigation Planning and Emergency Operations Plans

  4. Following an event • Assess the damage • Health? Extent of damages? • Appropriateness of location? • Keeper/Border Line/Removal • Keepers – slight damage • Border Line – valuable, otherwise healthy • Removal – loss of leafy crown, rotten inner core • First Aid to Keepers and Border Line • Removing broken branches • Staking • No topping • Consider safety Source: LSU Ag Center

  5. Specific Considerations • Site Evaluation • Space available • Tree Selection • Mature Size • Native Trees • Wind Resistance of Species • Tolerance to Flooding • Maintenance • Root Zone • Pruning

  6. Publications • Making Our Urban Forests Safer • ANR-1210, Neil Letson • www.aces.edu/pubs/docs/A/ANR-1210/ • Flooding and Trees • Joe Zeleznik, NDSU Extension Service • Dealing with Storm-damaged Trees in the Landscape • LSU AgCenter • Smart Growth in Urban Forestry: Using Hurricane Resistant Trees • Beau Brodbeck, Alabama Cooperative Extension • Restoring our Hurricane-Ravaged Urban Tree Canopy • ANR-1295

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