Climbers' Corner • Tree Academy
Monday • Tuesday • Wednesday
The State of the Science and Practice of Using Urban Trees as a Stormwater Control Measure
Summary
Foresters have been studying and
growing urban trees for centuries, and stormwater professionals have been
studying stormwater control measures for decades. But combining the two: using
trees as a Stormwater Control Measure, is in its infancy. To our knowledge,
Minnesota is one of the first states, if not the first, to add a chapter on
trees into its stormwater manual, as well as add the stormwater benefits of
tree/soil systems to its stormwater crediting calculator, including
evapotranspiration, interception, and soil storage.
Come
hear:
(1)
how Minnesota incorporated trees into its
stormwater manual and calculator in 2013-2014, providing a crediting tool to
incentivize the proper planting of trees
(2)
see new case studies that use trees for
stormwater benefits
(3)
hear results from the latest research
quantifying stormwater quantity (canopy interception, soil storage, and
evapotranspiration) and quality benefits provided by tree/soil systems.
Conference Proceedings Documents
Presenters
He specializes in state-of-the-art ecological restoration,
urban forestry, stormwater planning and green roof technologies. He has over 26
years of experience providing ecological and sustainable site design for
stormwater management, lake and river restoration, natural areas management
plans, botanical inventories, urban forests, green roof installations and
mining reclamation. Peter is a Registered Landscape Architect in 7 states and 1
Canadian Province, serves as Adjunct Faculty at the University of Minnesota College
of Design and continues to build his professional credentials and carry the
message of another future scenario by speaking across the world about green
technologies in the landscape.
Climbers' Corner • Tree Academy
Monday • Tuesday • Wednesday