Webinars

Webinar: Dec 9, 2021; 10:00 – 11:00 am EST

Many town and city planners, community tree groups, arborists and garden clubs know that trees are essential to creating liveable communities that are cooler, cleaner and more attractive. However, we all struggle with maintaining our canopy as trees age and die, or storms, floods and pests take away our trees bit by bit. Cities often run out of room on government-owned land to meet planting goals. Tree campaigns are one solution to engage the broader public in planting! This webinar will showcase new ways to motivate planting by linking it to healthier communities, reducing flooding and revitalizing the urban landscape. [Read more…] about Tree Campaigns: Make your town greener, cleaner and healthier!

Webinar: Dec. 2, 2021; 1:00 – 2:00 pm EST

A case study of Baton Rouge, LA.
As our landscapes continue to develop and become increasingly impervious, the power of trees to capture and infiltrate stormwater is often under-appreciated. More often than not, trees are some of the last solutions considered when designing and constructing a new development, but that doesn’t need to the case. Estimates for the amount of water a typical tree can intercept in its crown, range from 760 gallons to 4000 gallons per tree per year, depending on species and age. [Read more…] about Using trees to manage stormwater at the watershed and site scales.