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Campbell County Forest
Quality Assessment
The Campbell County Forestry Quality Assessment is the third
county-wide forest assessment and mapping commissioned by
the Northern Kentucky Urban & Community Forestry Council.
There is now a green data layer for all of Northern Kentucky
which will aid in the coordination of planning for land use,
natural systems, and public facilities. The green data layer
can be used to do ‘Ecosystem Analysis’ to quantify
ecological and economic benefits of trees and related green
infrastructure, to communicate forest values, to support
public policy decisions, and to promote green infrastructure
in communities.
This project was funded in
part by a grant from The Greater Cincinnati Foundation, and
from the Ed and Jean Hengelbrok Foundation and U.A. Bank,
N.A./Northern Kentucky Funds (www.greatercincinnatifdn.org).
Additional support was provided by the Kentucky Division of
Forestry and the Nippert Foundation.
CITYGreen Project in Campbell County
The soft ware CITYGreen has been used to do an analysis of the forest cover along KY 27, between KY 536 and AA Hwy. which is scheduled for reconstruction. CITYGreen, with the necessary data, can quantify the savings of using tree canopy to address air pollutant removal and stormwater runoff instead of building gray infrastructure to manage it. Results of this study will be forth coming.
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