1. Restoring the Natural Landscape: Joplin Area Tree Recovery

2. Joplin before the F- 5 tornado

5. Strike force determined
15,000 to 20,000 trees lost

6. The time to start garnering donations for trees occurs as soon after initial cleanup as possible.

7. Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

8. Walk for Unity
Time to start planting?

9. sustainable landscape workshop.
A disaster can be a
sustainable landscape workshop.

10. Ready to learn….

11. Treasures are realized after they are gone.

15. All trees donated : 7,800
Trees planted since February 2012 : 3,409
Trees planted this fall : 858

16. Value of donations : $110,211
U.S. Forest Service Grant: $100,000
Cost/tree : $33

17. 1 ½” balled and burlapped = $80 - $120
15 gallon container = $70
3 gallon container = $20

20. Number of volunteers =2,845
Number of volunteer hours = 13,184

21. People want to see, feel, plant their donations.

22. Artful trees are nice, but....

23. Water, water, water!

24. 340 volunteer hours/week to water
562 Park trees

25. A sustainable urban forest?

26. Tree ordinance issues

27. Governor’s Challenge

28. Problems?

29. Timing, education, organization, etc.

30. A joint effort by the U. S. Forest. Service, Missouri Department of
A joint effort by the U.S. Forest Service, Missouri Department of Conservation, cities of Joplin and Duquesne, a multitude of donors and as many volunteers as there are leaves in an urban forest.