The Connecting Canopies/Canopy Action Planning project is a shared project between PSU and The Nature Conservancy in Oregon.
The vision of this project is to provide a decision support framework to guide investments and implementation of urban tree planting, tree maintenance, and tree preservation actions across the Portland, OR metropolitan region for equitable human health.
The spatially explicit prioritization framework will integrate evaluation of urban tree canopy status/condition with data on the built environment, human health, demographic / socio-economic and community values and desires. The resulting maps / interactive decision support tools will be collaboratively developed with and used by key community-based organizations, municipal agencies, and other NGOs through Connecting Canopies in order to provide a comprehensive and cohesive regional vision for trees and equitable human health outcomes.
For more information on Smart Trees, please contact Molly Baer Kramer.
Canopy Action Planning Team Members:
Ryan Haugo
Fernanda Ribeiro
Vivek Shandas
See all Smart Trees Collaboratory members here.