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Carbon, Oxygen, Water and Shade: Putting a Price on the Benefits of Your School Yard Trees

Dr. David Bloniarz and Vicki Arthur

Carbon, Oxygen, Water and Shade: Putting a Price on the Benefits of Your School Yard Trees

Vicki ArthurVicki ArthurDr. David V. BloniarzDr. David V. Bloniarz

U.S. Forest Service U.S. Forest Service

April 2009April 2009

I-Tree Overview:I-Tree Overview: Urban U.S. is IncreasingUrban U.S. is Increasing Putting a Value on Urban TreesPutting a Value on Urban Trees I-Tree is a Science-Based Tool for Making I-Tree is a Science-Based Tool for Making

Urban Tree DecisionsUrban Tree Decisions

Taking I-Tree to Your Classroom!Taking I-Tree to Your Classroom! How-to Use the CurriculumHow-to Use the Curriculum Lesson Extensions on the Benefits of Lesson Extensions on the Benefits of

TreesTrees Education StandardsEducation Standards

Percent Urban (2000)Percent Urban (2000)

Percent Urban (2010)Percent Urban (2010)

Do You Live in an Area Do You Live in an Area Classified as Urban?Classified as Urban?

YesYes NoNo

Percent Urban (2020)Percent Urban (2020)

Percent Urban (2030)Percent Urban (2030)

Percent Urban (2040)Percent Urban (2040)

Will Your Area Be Classified Will Your Area Be Classified As Urban in the As Urban in the Next 30 Years?Next 30 Years?

YesYes NoNo

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Putting i-Tree in PerspectivePutting i-Tree in Perspective

Urbanization will have an increasingly Urbanization will have an increasingly significant impact on natural resource significant impact on natural resource management in the next several management in the next several decades.decades.

With increasing urbanization, the With increasing urbanization, the assessment, understanding, and assessment, understanding, and integration of ecosystem services will be integration of ecosystem services will be critical to sustaining human health and critical to sustaining human health and environmental quality.environmental quality.

Benefit-Based ApproachBenefit-Based Approach

Management

FunctionFunction

How Much “Ecosystem Value” How Much “Ecosystem Value” Does a Large Tree Does a Large Tree Typically Provide?Typically Provide?

A) Less than $100/yearA) Less than $100/year

B) Between $100-$500/yearB) Between $100-$500/year

C) More than $1,000/yearC) More than $1,000/year

i-Tree: Demonstrating That i-Tree: Demonstrating That Trees Pay Us Back!Trees Pay Us Back!

Partner cooperation at Partner cooperation at

its bestits best

Science-based Science-based

solutions addressing solutions addressing

urban environmental urban environmental

issuesissues

Constituent solidarityConstituent solidarity

Industry acceptanceIndustry acceptance

i-Tree is…i-Tree is…

Flagship Software

Applications

i-Tree Utilities

ProjectPartners

The i-Tree Partnership:The i-Tree Partnership:opening new doorsopening new doors Invasive exoticsInvasive exotics EducationEducation Environmental servicesEnvironmental services

Establishing Classroom Establishing Classroom PartnershipsPartnerships

www.itreetools.orgwww.itreetools.org

itreetools.org

Detailed, Species Specific DataDetailed, Species Specific Data

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East of the Mississippi and Pacific Northwest:East of the Mississippi and Pacific Northwest:

Average tree cover counting all zones 40%Average tree cover counting all zones 40%

Suburban residential zones 50%Suburban residential zones 50%

Urban residential zones 25%Urban residential zones 25%

Central business districts 15%Central business districts 15%

Setting Urban Tree Canopy Goals

What have we got to What have we got to lose?lose?

Oakville, OntarioOakville, Ontario

Trees as a local solution…Trees as a local solution…

Levels of educational partnership…

• College and University Level College and University Level

• Secondary Level CurriculumSecondary Level Curriculum

• Adaptable to Primary Level!Adaptable to Primary Level!

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arbordayfoundation.org

On-line Tree ID Guide

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treebenefits.com

Calculate a Price for Your Tree’s Overall Benefits!

Calculate Your Tree’s

Water Quality Benefits

Calculate Your Tree’s

Air Quality Benefits!

Calculate Your Tree’s

Carbon Sequestration!

Try it out for yourself!Try it out for yourself!

treebenefits.comtreebenefits.comCompare benefits of Compare benefits of different DBH and different DBH and species of trees.species of trees.

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Natural Inquirer

Forest Service’s

Science Education Journal

naturalinquirer.org

Climate Change Education Collection

Correlation to Correlation to National StandardsNational Standards

Science as inquiry - Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiryDesign and conduct a scientific investigationThink critically and logically to make the relationships betweenevidence and explanationsLife science - Populations and ecosystemsFor ecosystems, the major source of energy is sunlight. Energyentering ecosystems as sunlight is transferred by producers intochemical energy through photosynthesis. That energy then passesfrom organism to organism in food webs.Earth and space science - Structure of the earth systemThe atmosphere is a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and trace gases that include water vapor. Theatmosphere has different properties at different elevations

Correlation to National Correlation to National StandardsStandards

Science in Personal and Social Perspectives - Science and technology in societyScience cannot answer all questions and technology cannot solve all human problems or meet all human needsHistory and nature of science - Science as a human endeavorThe work of science relies on basic human qualities, such as reasoning, insight, energy, skill, and creativity– as well as on scientific habits of mind, such as intellectual honesty, tolerance of ambiguity, skepticism, and openness to new ideasHistory and nature of science - Nature of scienceScientists formulate and test their explanations using observation, experiments, and theoretical and mathematical modelsMathematics - Compute fluently and make reasonable estimatesDevelop and use strategies to estimate the results of rational-number computations and judge the reasonableness of the results

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Yes or No?Yes or No? What subjects that you teach would this What subjects that you teach would this

calculator help you with?calculator help you with? Would you plan to do more with the Would you plan to do more with the

lesson using extensions?lesson using extensions? What is your overall reaction to the What is your overall reaction to the

educational potential of the tree benefits educational potential of the tree benefits calculator?calculator?

Carbon, Oxygen, Water and Shade: Putting a Price on the Benefits of Your School Yard

Trees!

Vicki ArthurVicki ArthurDavid V. BloniarzDavid V. Bloniarz

U.S. Forest Service U.S. Forest Service

April 2009April 2009

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