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Protect, Restore, Enjoy. Tualatin Riverkeepers Facts. Mission: To protect & restore Tualatin River System 501(c)(3) nonprofit membership organization 800 member families Staff of 4 Programs in recreation, education, restoration and advocacy Growing for 20 years.
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Tualatin Riverkeepers Facts • Mission: To protect & restore Tualatin River System • 501(c)(3) nonprofit membership organization • 800 member families • Staff of 4 • Programs in recreation, education, restoration and advocacy • Growing for 20 years.
Stormwater RunoffLand Use PlanningWetland FillSpillsEnforcementFarm PlansWater SupplyWastewaterFisheriesToxicsLow Impact DevelopmentForestryGreenspaces Advocacy Agenda
Discovering The Tualatin River Basin Over 80 sites to view wild things. A Nature & Recreation Guide
Dirt. It does a body good.
Can we use trees in parking lots for stormwater runoff reduction?
The Trouble with Urban Stormwater Runoff Pollution Mouth of Willowbrook Creek in Tigard
The Trouble with Urban Stormwater Runoff Flooding Hall Blvd in Tigard February 1996
The Trouble with Urban Stormwater Runoff Flashy Streams Fanno Creek at Main Street
The Trouble with Urban Stormwater Runoff Stream Bank Erosion Fanno Creek Park - Tigard
SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM | STORM SEWER SYSTEM TO WASTEWATER TREAMENT PLANT TO STREAM OR RIVER City of Reno
Landscapes Forested vs. Developed Haines Falls on the Tualatin River Main Street Tigard
Natural Conditions Courtesy May, U of W
Developed Conditions Courtesy May, U of W
< 10-15% Imperviousness > 15-20% Imperviousness
Extrapolated Effective Impervious Area Within the Tualatin Basin Urban Growth Boundary Source: Clean Water Services Healthy Streams Plan
Washington Square Courtesy May, U of W
Quantifying the Componentsof Impervious SurfacesTilley & Slonecker USGS 2007Studied 6 watersheds across the nation. The largest area class of impervious cover was buildings at 29.1%, followed by roads (28.3%), and parking lots (24.8%).
How Trees Manage Stormwater Source: Center for Watershed Protection
Challenges of Putting Trees in Parking Lots Photo Source: gratefulmommy.com
Sacramento Adopted in 1983, Sacramento’s parking lot ordinance requires 50 percent shading within 15 years of development. Fifteen years after development average parking lot shade was 22%, not 50% as stipulated by ordinance.
Source:Managing Stormwater for Urban Sustainability Using Trees and Structural SoilsDay & Dickinson – Virginia Tech
http://thoughtreesgrow.blogspot.com/2007/04/trees-and-concrete.htmlhttp://thoughtreesgrow.blogspot.com/2007/04/trees-and-concrete.html
Big trees need soil volume The Urban Horticulture Institute at Cornell has found that 2 cu ft of soil is needed for every square foot of crown projection Graph Source: USDA Forest Service Center for Urban Forest Research
Soil Volume & Crown DiameterSource: Casey Trees 30 ft Crown 1,000 cu ft Soil 10 ft Crown 100 cu ft Soil 21 ft Crown 500 cu ft Soil
Effect of Rooting Volume on Size of Oak Over 2000’ cu. Ft. of rooting volume ~ 450’ cu. Ft. of rooting volume
Street Trees & Structural Soil Source: Cornell University – CU Structural Soil - http://www.hort.cornell.edu