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Protect, Restore, Enjoy

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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Protect, Restore, Enjoy

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  1. Protect, Restore, Enjoy

  2. 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.

  3. Stormwater RunoffLand Use PlanningWetland FillSpillsEnforcementFarm PlansWater SupplyWastewaterFisheriesToxicsLow Impact DevelopmentForestryGreenspaces Advocacy Agenda

  4. Testifying at Public Hearings

  5. Responding to Hotline Calls

  6. Weighing in on Land Use Permits

  7. Organizing Public Participation

  8. Discovering The Tualatin River Basin Over 80 sites to view wild things. A Nature & Recreation Guide

  9. Restoration

  10. Available for Loan to Community Groups

  11. Dirt. It does a body good.

  12. AnnualRiver Clean Up

  13. Nature Awareness & Service Education

  14. Rumba al Rio

  15. TRK Summer Day Camp

  16. Paddle Trips

  17. Can we use trees in parking lots for stormwater runoff reduction?

  18. The Trouble with Urban Stormwater Runoff

  19. Street-to-Stream

  20. The Trouble with Urban Stormwater Runoff Pollution Mouth of Willowbrook Creek in Tigard

  21. The Trouble with Urban Stormwater Runoff Flooding Hall Blvd in Tigard February 1996

  22. The Trouble with Urban Stormwater Runoff Flashy Streams Fanno Creek at Main Street

  23. Developed Conditions

  24. The Trouble with Urban Stormwater Runoff Stream Bank Erosion Fanno Creek Park - Tigard

  25. SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM | STORM SEWER SYSTEM TO WASTEWATER TREAMENT PLANT TO STREAM OR RIVER City of Reno

  26. Landscapes Forested vs. Developed Haines Falls on the Tualatin River Main Street Tigard

  27. Natural Conditions Courtesy May, U of W

  28. Developed Conditions Courtesy May, U of W

  29. Cedar Mill Creek Watershed, 1984

  30. Cedar Mill Creek Watershed, 1990

  31. Cedar Mill Creek Watershed, 1994

  32. Cedar Mill Creek Watershed, 1997

  33. Cedar Mill Creek Watershed, 2002

  34. < 10-15% Imperviousness > 15-20% Imperviousness

  35. Extrapolated Effective Impervious Area Within the Tualatin Basin Urban Growth Boundary Source: Clean Water Services Healthy Streams Plan

  36. Washington Square Courtesy May, U of W

  37. 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%).

  38. How Trees Manage Stormwater Source: Center for Watershed Protection

  39. Challenges of Putting Trees in Parking Lots Photo Source: gratefulmommy.com

  40. A complete canopy

  41. 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.

  42. Source:Managing Stormwater for Urban Sustainability Using Trees and Structural SoilsDay & Dickinson – Virginia Tech

  43. http://thoughtreesgrow.blogspot.com/2007/04/trees-and-concrete.htmlhttp://thoughtreesgrow.blogspot.com/2007/04/trees-and-concrete.html

  44. 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

  45. 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

  46. Effect of Rooting Volume on Size of Oak Over 2000’ cu. Ft. of rooting volume ~ 450’ cu. Ft. of rooting volume

  47. Street Trees & Structural Soil Source: Cornell University – CU Structural Soil - http://www.hort.cornell.edu

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