NRC225 1st Edition Lecture 28 Outline of Last Lecture I. Urban and community forestryII. Trees are worth moneyIII. The planting, care, and tending of an urban and community forestOutline of Current Lecture I. Chesapeake BayII. Chesapeake Bay Watershed Forestry ProgramIII. Outcomes of top down versus bottom up approachesIV. How do we do that?Current LectureChesapeake Bay One of most productive estuaryBiggest money maker is the oysterOysters have slowly been disappearing from overfishingTry to introduce other oysters-introduce pathogensChesapeake Bay Watershed Forestry ProgramWant to preserve forests around Chesapeake Bay to protect itNitrogen dead zonesOutcomes of top down versus bottom up approaches to river governanceTop Down-specialist centeredCompromise-reached by confrontation, alienation-disinvestment, relationships Impaired, short-term efficiency high, overall efficiency lowBottom Up-stakeholder centeredConsensus-reached by cooperation, ownership, relationship improved, short Term efficiency low, overall efficiency highWe have to do bothPostel and Richter 2003 after SherwillHow do we do that?64,100 mi2, 41000000 acres, 58% forest, losing ~100 acres/dayGive 50 feet away from river as conservationGets rid of overland flow, erosionThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.“The perfect is the enemy of the good.”Governor’s Council….2,000 miles of forest buffers by 2000!1998…about 600 miles completed (but not as many miles in the “pipeline”)“Expanded goals” 2,010 miles completed in 2002“NEW expanded goal…10,000 miles by 20107,800 miles completed in 2012…new goal of 900 miles/year50,000 miles is not the ultimate goal less than total riparian zoneKnow it’s successful when oysters come
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