Cascadia Regional Network
Breakthrough Convening on
Urban Forestry and Climate Change
October 29-30, 2014 Portland, Oregon
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Video production and website by MJ Furniss & Associates
Videography by Oregon Street Studios and MJ Furniss
Workshop Summary document
Jon Ruiz
City Manager, City of Eugene
Welcome and Introduction to the workshop
Introduction: Steve Adams and Eric Vines
Greg Nickels
Former Mayor of Seattle
Roberta Jortner
Senior Environmental Planner
Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability
Richard Gelb
Performance Management/Equity and Social Justice Lead,
King County Dept. of Natural Resources and Parks
Jenn Cairo, City Forester/ City Nature Zone Manager, City of Portland
&
Mark Mead, Forester, Seattle Parks and Recreation
Keith Warren
Director of Product Development, J. Frank Schmidt & Son Co., Wholesale Nursery
Jim Gersbach
Homeowner Education / Planting Crew Leader, Friends Of Trees
Jim Gersbach’s slides as PDF. Opens in new window. Adjust windows and follow along.
John Mills and Discussion
US Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station
John Mills’ slides as PDF. Opens in new window. Adjust windows and follow along.
Bart Johnson
Associate Professor, Department of Landscape Architecture, University of Oregon
Bart Johnson’s Slides as PDF. Opens in a new window. Arrange windows and follow along.
Workshop discussion table reports
A wonderful video time-machine of Portland, OR, showing some urban forest gains over the years.
Urban Green Space and Vibrant Communities: Exploring the Linkage in the Portland-Vancouver Area
http://www.urban-forestry.com/assets/documents/Stephens_TreeProcurementsContracts.pdf
Urban Forests and Climate Change US Forest Service Climate Change Resource Center
Urban forest tree carbon calculator
Forest and Grassland Carbon in North America US Forest Service
Urban Forests – Trees Working Where People Do. American Forests site. Highly recommended
Monitoring the urban forest: Case studies and evaluations
Assessing the Impacts of Climate Change on Urban Forests in the Puget Sound Region — http://www.forterra.org /files/ Climate_Change_Final_Report.pdf
City of Portland Draft Climate Change Preparation Strategy — http://www.portlandoregon.gov/bps/64079
City of Seattle Urban Forest Stewardship Plan
City of Surrey Sustainability Charter
City of Surrey Climate Adaptation Strategy
City of Surrey Biodiversity Conservation Strategy — http://www.surrey.ca/city-services/11565.aspx
Forterra’s Green Cities Program — http://www.forterra.org /what_we_do/build_community/green_cities
Green Cities Research — http://www.forterra.org /what_we_do/build_community/green_cities/green_cities_research Green Cities Toolbox — http://www.forterra.org /what_we_do/build_community/green_cities/green_cities_research Green Seattle Partnership 20 Year Plan — http://greenseattle.org /20-year-strategic-plan
Green Everett Partnership 20 Year Forest Management Plan — http://www.ci.everett.wa.us/Get_PDF.aspx?PDFID=6909
King County (WA) Urban Forestry Climate Preparedness and Response — http://www.kingcounty.gov/forestryCPR
King County (WA) Department of Natural Resources and Parks performance report — http://your.kingcounty.gov/dnrp/measures/
King County (WA) Equity and Social Justice — http://www.kingcounty.gov/exec/equity.aspx
Urban Forestry Management Plan Toolkit — www.ufmptoolkit.com
Dr. Ed Gilman’s Landscape Plants website — http://hort.ifas.ufl.edu/woody/ Deep Root blog — http://www.deeproot.com/blog /
Urban Tree Growth and Longevity Working Group — http://www.urbantreegrowth.org /
US Environmental Protection Agency Climate Change — http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/
The Value of Green Infrastructure for Urban Climate Adaptation — http://ccap.org /resource/the-value-of-green- infrastructure-for-urban-climate-adaptation/
Climate Change Adaptation Options for Toronto’s Urban Forest — http://www.cleanairpartnership.org /pdf/climate_change_adaptation.pdf
The Climate Action Reserve Urban Forest Carbon Protocol — http://www.climateactionreserve.org /how/protocols/urban- forest/
Urban Forest Connections – USFS Webinar Series — http://www.fs.fed.us/research/urban-webinars/ Healthy Trees, Healthy People – Portland State University — http://www.treesandhealth.org /
Green Cities: Good Health – University of Washington — http://depts.washington.edu/hhwb/ The Intersector Project — http://intersector.com/
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