1. Regional Tree and Shade Summit Presentations & a Discussion on Cultivating Green Infrastructure March 9, 2011 Planning for Growth of the Urban Forest – The Municipal & Community Partnership Libby Davison, Consulting Arborist Irene Ogata, Urban Landscape Manager City of Tucso n

2. The Never Ending Task(s) So we have a Plan – Now What? What tools/resources are available? How to activate the Implementation Machine?

3. Resources: Understanding Limitations Never underestimate the power of small groups and communities. Don’t let the largeness of the task inhibit taking the first steps

4. Resources: Understanding Limitations Obstacles Finite Resources Markers OPPORTUNITY COSTS – REMEMBER THEM?

5. Resources: But, Despite the Limitations… Balance Momentum Resiliency Efficiency

6. Resources: Funding BusinessesOrganizations Government

7. Resources: Water and Land

8. Resources: People and Time

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12. Paradise: Tucson Urban Heat Island

13. Counting Crows Joni Mitchell remix : Big Yellow Taxi They paved paradise and put up a parking lot With a pink hotel and a boutique and a swinging hot spot Don’t it always seem to go that You don’t know what you’ve got till its gone They paved paradise and put up a parking lot

14. Counting Crows Joni Mitchell remix : Big Yellow Taxi They took all the trees and put them in a Tree Museum And charged the people a dollar and a half just to see them Don’t it always seem to go that You don’t know what you’ve got till its gone They paved paradise and put up a parking lot

15. Tucson Urban Forest

17. irene.ogata@tucsonaz.govirene.ogata@tucsonaz.gov : edavisontrees@gmail.com Questions