This document discusses allocating $1.5 million in funding for urban forestry projects in Lexington, KY. It proposes targets for allocating the funds, with 30% for tree planting, 25% for tree inventory/infrastructure/maintenance, 20% for communication/marketing, 15% for education, and 10% for community mobilization. It also discusses prioritizing tree planting and maintenance efforts based on factors like asthma rates, income levels, and tree canopy cover by census tract.

1. How do you determine the most
equitable way to allocate $1.5
million for urban forestry?

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7. Communication &
Marketing
20%
Education
15%
Community &
Neighborhood
Mobilization
10%
Tree Planting
30%
Tree Inventory,
Infrastructure &
Maintenance
25%
$1.5 MILLION FOR TREES - FUND ALLOCATION TARGETS

8. Measuring Tree Canopy
Census
Tracts
Property
Ownership
Zoning
Watersheds
City Council
Districts

9. Asthma Income
People
of Color
Owner
Occupied Stormwater
Urban
Heat Island
Prioritizing Efforts
Where to focus resources and efforts in coming years.
Overall Prioritization by Census Tracts

14. Heather Wilson
Program Manager – Urban Forestry
Lexington Fayette Urban County Government
Lexington, KY
hwilson@lexingtonky.gov

16. Reach for the Sky:
Public tree climbing enriches urban living
David L. Anderson, Scott Altenhoff, Tamberly Conway | Canopy Watch
Partners in Community Forestry – 2022

17. 273 million Americans (83%) live in cities

18. Urban Living
Advantages & Challenges

19. Urban trees benefit society
Mental health
Birth outcomes
Stress reduction
Attention restoration
Weight status
Clinical outcomes
Wolf et al. 2020

20. Perspectives on urban trees

21. Urban green spaces deliver value
How can we enhance that value
and our life-enriching connection
to urban nature?

22. Connecting trees & people

23. New perspectives on trees
New perspectives on oneself

25. “People like
you are the
good that
keeps our
world
beautiful.”
“I left the tree
a better
person than
when I
arrived.”

26. Empowering
Challenged Athletes
Abbas
“A Boss”

27. Suitable for “all
audiences?”

28. Urban tree climbing builds community

29. THANK YOU!
Questions:
www.canopywatch.com

31. Are your tree planting specifications killing
your trees?

34. Think of planting as the process that starts with a
site condition evaluation and ends with after care
– Tree Planting BMPs, page 14

35. Pruning
• Only prune dead, broken or diseased
branches at planting
• “To prevent development of
codominant stems, remove or reduce
the length of upright-oriented stems
throughout the crown” (BMPs page
22)
• ALWAYS maintain at least 2/3 green
crown

36. Staking
• “Shall not be specified
or installed except
when needed”(ANSI A
300 (Part 6) – 2012
64.6.1)
• “[M]aterial should be
wide, smooth,
nonabrasive, flexible,
and, if possible,
photodegradable.”
(BMPs page 23)

37. Remove after 1 year

38. Remove bamboo stakes • Allow tree to
move –
thigmotropism
• Don’t block
sunlight to one
part of the trunk –
phototropism
• Remove all plastic
ties to prevent
girdling

39. Planting depth
• 64.4.1 The final depth of the
planting hole is determined by
the depth … of the rootball …
and shall not exceed the depth
of the rootball”
• 64.4.2 The depth of the
rootball shall be measured
from the bottom on the trunk
flare to the bottom of the ball

40. “Planting flare roots too deep
in the planting hole is the
most common mistake made
during planting” (BMPs p.18)

42. Correct root defects

43. Mulch!
• 2-3 inches
thick
• Preferably
organic
material
• As wide as
practicable

44. Rebecca Johnson | Arborholic, LLC | Rebecca@Arborholic.com

46. WHEN MONEY IS
NOT AN ISSUE
JASON TRAWEEK
THE CITY OF AUSTIN
URBAN FOREST GRANT

48. History (2)
As development in Austin began to accelerate, pressure
on our urban forest increased and the City began to
enforce the ordinance. Written into the environmental
criteria manual was a condition that if trees were not able
to be preserved, and onsite replacement was not entirely
feasible, developers could pay in the tree mitigation fund
at a specified amount per caliper inch. What was not clear
at that time, was what would happen to those dollars.

51. [Pic of City Workers planting trees]
Funding Portal
Fortunately for me, a reorg around this time placed my
program in a larger group that had fresh eyes on the
situation
We realized that other departments could use funding
improve on their public projects, so we created an internal
line of funding for other departments to apply for project
funding. This was a great idea
Yet, funds were still accumulating faster than we

53. • EARLY CHILDHOOD TREE
EDUCATION
• YOUNG ADULT FORESTRY
TRAINING
• CLIMATE JUSTICE & EQUITY
• INSPIRATIONAL TREE ART
Photo by
Jaana Eleftheriou

59. Jason Traweek
Jason.Traweek@austintexas.gov