1. Imagine there’s no tree canopy…....it’s easy if you try

6. Cumberland’s Urban Tree Canopy Program  February 2006 – Commitment!  Shift in Staff  Partners  Process

8. Chesapeake Bay Trust Community Greening Grant  $50,000  200 trees over 2 years  Informational Tree Care Brochure  Urban Tree Canopy Baseline  Urban Tree Canopy Program Goals  Center for Watershed Protection Technical Assistance  16 hours FREE!!!!

9. Center for Watershed Protection Technical Assistance  Codes review for community greening  Requiring and/or promoting trees  11 recommendations  Urban Tree Canopy assessment  Land development regulation changes  Incentives/Flexibility  Forest conservation

10. Center for Watershed Protection Technical Assistance Value of the Codes Review

11. Land Cover Imagery  Landsat Images 1984, 2001