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Alliance for Community
Trees is dedicated to improving the environment where 80% of Americans
live: our cities, towns, and villages. Together, ACT's national network
of members have planted and cared for 14.9 million trees with help from
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| ABOUT WEBCASTS |
The
Third Thursday Webcast Series is a monthly
webcast held at the lunch hour. The goal is to create informal
trainings for local urban and community forestry
organizations.
The trainings leverage local successes by amplifying to a larger
audience the model organizations' methods, materials, and
approaches.
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Urban Landscaping- Part II: Tree Stock
July
16, 2009
1:00-
2:00pm EST
Millions
of dollars are spent each year
designing, implementing, and maintaining urban landscapes. Urban
landscaping presents a variety of challenges, including physiological
problems; working
with municipalities;
developing technologies for city use; and utilizing methods beyond
field work to promote
environmental care. Yet the quality of
life benefits of proper urban landscaping are dramatic. By using
sustainable landscape practices, cities and towns can avoid or reduce
serious problems, in part by transforming their urban forests
into major rainwater mitigation assets. Tree stock
selection can play an important role in the long-term success of
urban landscaping.
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SESSION TOPICS
Webcast attendees will learn:
* Understanding the process from design to care.
* Species selection based on rainwater, UHI, water
temperature.
* Selecting for rooting area, utility conflicts, project budget.
* Factoring in social and economic health of urban communities.
* Species selection for size, volunteer abilities, and maintenance.
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RESEARCH PERSPECTIVE
Jim
Urban, JimUrban Associates (Annapolis, MD)
Jim Urban's work is constantly evolving the field of urban landscaping.
A recent advancement that he is now pioneering is the Silva Cell, a modular,
pre-engineered cell system designed specifically to meet the needs of
water management soil and tree roots. The
system is designed to create large spaces under the pavement, and the
pavement is supported and protected from root damage by the cell
structure.
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ON THE GROUND
Sue Probart, Tree New Mexico (Albuquerque)
Tree New Mexico
operates one of the most successful tree stewardship operations in the
country.
Annually, they're responsible for the planting and care of 3,000 to
5,000 trees in collaboration
with communities, neighborhood associations, public housing, highways, and public green spaces. Selecting tree
stock is a major decision that affects successful
plantings. Learn why Tree New Mexico uses containerized trees.
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NEIGHBORWOODS NETWORK EXCHANGE
Extended Learning- On the Ground
There is so much more that can be learned in a week than in an hour,
and on the ground as opposed to on a webcast. So here is your chance!
Join the webcast to learn more about the NeighborWoods Network Exchange and how you can spend a week shadowing another ACT
member.
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