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April 2021

Heartland Tree Alliance:

TreeKeepers – Online Learning

Tue, Apr 06, 2021 @ 9:00 am -
Thu, Apr 22, 2021 @ 11:00 am

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HTA is offering an online learning experience for the TreeKeepers course. This class is perfect for City employees, landscape providers, Master Gardeners/Naturalists, students, retirees or just those that want to learn more about their own trees. All educational sessions will be held via Zoom with open air demo workday. The Zoom program is available for free download on your desktop, mobile device or tablet.

If you have questions, please call Sarah Crowder at 816-561-1086 or email Sarah.Crowder@bridgingthegap.org and she’ll be happy to help! If you can’t attend all sessions, you will be able to access the recorded version for a limited time.

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Tuesday, April 6th 9:00 – 11:00 am
Introduction to trees | Tree Identification
Instructor: Chuck Conner, Urban Forester, Missouri Department of Conservation

Thursday, April 8th: 9:00 – 11:00 am
Urban Soils | Tree Biology
Instructor: Chuck Conner, Urban Forester, Missouri Department of Conservation

Tuesday, April 13th: 9:00 – 11:00 am
Selection | Planting
Instructor: Chuck Conner, Urban Forester, Missouri Department of Conservation

Thursday, April 15th: 9:00 – 11:00 am
Pruning
Instructor: Sarah Crowder, Heartland Tree Alliance program manager

Tuesday, April 20th: 9:00 – 12:00 pm at Loose Park
Hands-on Field Day: demonstrate planting, pruning and ID
Instructor: Chuck Conner, Urban Forester, Missouri Department of Conservation

Thursday, April 22nd: 9:00 – 11:00 am
Pests and Problems
Instructor: Dennis Patton, Horticulture Agent, Johnson County Extension

May 2021

Green Business Network:

From Gray to Green: A Look at KCMO’s Green Infrastructure Project for Stormwater Management in the West Bottoms

Tue, May 04, 2021 @ 1:00 pm -
Tue, May 04, 2021 @ 2:00 pm Virtual Meeting,

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Tuesday, May 4 at 1 PM
Free for Green Business Network members
$10 for Non-members

Join us for a webinar with KC Water to learn more about its green infrastructure project in the West Bottoms of KCMO’s Central Industrial District. The project is part of the city’s Smart Sewer program to reduce overflows from its combined sewer system. Using nature-based solutions such as bioretention basins, rainwater harvesting cisterns, gravel infiltration basins, stormwater tree planters, permeable pavers, and a dry-well infiltration system, these efforts will reduce combined sewer overflows by more than 20% from the Central Industrial District.