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TREASURE VALLEY CANOPY NETWORK
Climate Action Rooted In Idaho’s City of Trees

2.
Idaho’s Treasure Valley
• State Capitol
Boise “The City of Trees”
Les Bois = French for “The Woods”
• Economic Hub – Health, Education,
Agriculture, Technology
• Population: approx. 750K about
40% of state population
• Climate: Semi-Arid (avg 12”
precipitation/per year)

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• 2010 Secure USDA Forest Service Competitive
Grant Award
• Regional tree canopy & iTree Eco Assessment
• 2013 TV Tree Canopy Assessment
• IDL, The Keystone Concept (TKC), Plan-It Geo &
over 15 invested stakeholders
• 2013 Energy Conservation with Idaho Power &
Arbor Day Foundation Energy Saving Trees
• 2015 Urban green infrastructure with City of Boise,
Capital City Development Corporation and Ada Count
Highway Dept
• 2017 TV Forest Carbon Assessment w/ TNC-ID &
Ecosystem Sciences Foundation
• 2017 Urban Heat Mapping with Portland State
University and Capa Heat Watch

4.
• 2013 Energy Conservation with Idaho Power
& Arbor Day Foundation Energy Saving Trees
• 2015 Urban green infrastructure with City of
Boise, Capital City Development Corporation
and Ada Count Highway Dept
• 2017 TV Forest Carbon Assessment w/ TNC-
ID & Ecosystem Sciences Foundation
• 2017 Urban Heat Mapping with Portland State
University and Capa Heat Watch

5.
Urban Heat
2017 Urban Heat Mapping
with Portland State
University and Capa Heat
Watch

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The Challenge
 One Tree for Every Household in
Boise
 One Forest Seedling for Every
Resident in Boise
How We Make it Happen
 Dedicated Partners
 Empower citizens to act!
2020 City of Trees Challenge with City Council President
Clegg, City of Boise and The Nature Conservancy in Idaho

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Boise Tree Captains

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City Forest Credits
2021 City Forest Credits Project
w/ City of Boise
• 2022 credits sold!

9.
Live Edge Slabworks
Treasure Valley Urban Wood Network
We’re Learning & Growing!
• 2020 Treasure Valley Urban Wood Network & 2021
Idaho UWN

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Our Mission
Collaborate Innovate Sustain