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LIVE INTERACTIVE LEARNING @ YOUR DESKTOP

LIVE INTERACTIVE LEARNING @ YOUR DESKTOP. NOAA, SRS, USFS: Earth Then, Earth Now: Our Changing Climate Carbon, Oxygen, Water and Shade: Putting a Price on the Benefits of Your School Yard Trees Dr. David Bloniarz and Vicki Arthur. Tuesday, April 23, 2009.

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LIVE INTERACTIVE LEARNING @ YOUR DESKTOP

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  1. LIVE INTERACTIVE LEARNING @ YOUR DESKTOP NOAA, SRS, USFS: Earth Then, Earth Now: Our Changing Climate Carbon, Oxygen, Water and Shade: Putting a Price on the Benefits of Your School Yard Trees Dr. David Bloniarz and Vicki Arthur Tuesday, April 23, 2009

  2. Carbon, Oxygen, Water and Shade: Putting a Price on the Benefits of Your School Yard Trees Vicki ArthurDr. David V. Bloniarz U.S. Forest Service April 2009

  3. I-Tree Overview: • Urban U.S. is Increasing • Putting a Value on Urban Trees • I-Tree is a Science-Based Tool for Making Urban Tree Decisions • Taking I-Tree to Your Classroom! • How-to Use the Curriculum • Lesson Extensions on the Benefits of Trees • Education Standards

  4. Percent Urban (2000)

  5. Percent Urban (2010)

  6. Do You Live in an Area Classified as Urban? Yes No

  7. Percent Urban (2020)

  8. Percent Urban (2030)

  9. Percent Urban (2040)

  10. Will Your Area Be Classified As Urban in the Next 30 Years? Yes No

  11. Let’s Pause Two Minutes for Questions?

  12. Putting i-Tree in Perspective • Urbanization will have an increasingly significant impact on natural resource management in the next several decades. • With increasing urbanization, the assessment, understanding, and integration of ecosystem services will be critical to sustaining human health and environmental quality.

  13. Benefit-Based Approach Management Function

  14. How Much “Ecosystem Value” Does a Large Tree Typically Provide? A) Less than $100/year B) Between $100-$500/year C) More than $1,000/year

  15. i-Tree: Demonstrating That Trees Pay Us Back!

  16. i-Tree is… • Partner cooperation at its best • Science-based solutions addressing urban environmental issues • Constituent solidarity • Industry acceptance

  17. Flagship Software Applications ProjectPartners i-Tree Utilities

  18. The i-Tree Partnership:opening new doors • Invasive exotics • Education • Environmental services

  19. Establishing Classroom Partnerships

  20. www.itreetools.org itreetools.org

  21. Detailed, Species Specific Data

  22. Let’s Pause Two Minutes for Questions?

  23. Setting Urban Tree Canopy Goals • East of the Mississippi and Pacific Northwest: • Average tree cover counting all zones 40% • Suburban residential zones 50% • Urban residential zones 25% • Central business districts 15%

  24. What have we got to lose?

  25. Oakville, Ontario

  26. Trees as a local solution…

  27. Levels of educational partnership… • College and University Level • Secondary Level Curriculum • Adaptable to Primary Level!

  28. Let’s Pause Two Minutes for Questions?

  29. arbordayfoundation.org On-line Tree ID Guide

  30. Let’s Pause Two Minutes for Questions?

  31. treebenefits.com

  32. Calculate a Price for Your Tree’s Overall Benefits!

  33. Calculate Your Tree’s Water Quality Benefits

  34. Calculate Your Tree’s Air Quality Benefits!

  35. Calculate Your Tree’s Carbon Sequestration!

  36. Try it out for yourself! • treebenefits.com • Compare benefits of different DBH and species of trees.

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