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Navigating Commercial Landscape Maintenance: Strategies for Success

If you're curious about the power and potential of Integrated Landscape Management, you won't want to miss our introductory video. Our partner, Commonland, breaks down what makes holistic approaches like ILM the most viable long-term for our planet and communities. https://lnkd.in/gcfv5Nx3 #landscapeapproaches #holisticsolutions #ILM #innovation #landmanagement #1000L

What I'm reading. Friday edition. Estate planning as a forest stewardship tool: A study of family land ownerships in the northeastern U.S. Marla Markowski-Lindsay , Paul Catanzaro , Kathleen Bell , David Kittredge, Jessica Leahy,Brett Butler , Ezra Markowitz , Anita Milman , Rebekah Zimmerer , Shorna Allred , Mary Sisock Looking back to move forward on estate planning.

#EarthDay #News: #Glendale, #CA Becomes Largest American Green Zone Alliance (AGZA) Green Zone® #Municipality In U.S.: Glendale, CA is now the nation's largest municipal #AGZA Green Zone. The #Certification is a structured #program of #education, #training, certification, and #datareporting to achieve cleaner, quieter, more #sustainable #landscape #maintenance. #LawnCare #Landscaping #LandscapeMaintenance

In Green Industry Pros' first installment of Monthly Musings, landscape pros weigh in on how they've prepared their businesses for the coming year. Check it out here: https://bit.ly/3Ua7mDF

As per Aaron’s post, the Gold Coast dunes are definitely in good condition adding much needed “nature based” reliance . This is not luck but a direct result of: 1. A history of community appreciation* of the dune value as an important part of a resiliant coastal system, and 2. The implementation by Council of both physical dune vegetation works** supported by town planning policies***. * The storms in 1950s & 60s provided a clear demonstration of the physical & economic benefits of well vegetated urban dune systems when the severe storms in that period removed the then narrow and poorly vegetated dune systems by waves and winds (1967 photo following shows the eroded state. The wave storm cut redistributed sand from the upper visible beach and formed large and useful stormbars offshore while the strong onshore winds deposited sand from the beach and dunes on esplandes and beachfront parks and lawns where it was lost from the active beach system. These erosion events decimated the local tourist industry and the lessions became embedded in the GC dna. ** Dune systems were created to seaward of the seawalls after the first upper beach mass nourishments in the late 1970’s (see following 1975 photo of surfers Paradise with fenced off but bare dunal areas) and refined in the 1980’s with the second wave of large scale nourishments (upper beach and nearshore). A lot was learned about native dune vegation from experimentation and the Qld Govt dune research station at the northern end of the city. We initially planted the dunes with native plants sourced from the reseach station and used planes and helicoptors to aerial fertilise the new dune vegetation. Now there are large stocks of native vegetation that re-establises naturally after erosion events. ***One key dune builder was the policy we introduced in the mid-80’s that all excess sand from building sites within 500m**** of the seawall line was to be placed along the dunes, vegetated and stabilised with fences. Over 2Mm3 of sand has been added to the dunal system and vegetated by developers at no cost to council. Previously sand excavated for high rise basements was sold by developers. Guidelines were developed for this work and added to the town plan in ~1990 as policy #15. This policy has been developed and different catagories of dunes added ranging from to intensive public non-urban to cater for different uses and pressures. **** This benchmark policy first was adopted in 1985 as part of our initial preparation for SLR. I took the draft policy with a setback distance of 100m to Council’s then Beaches and Waterways committee with the argument that a healthy beach system added value to beachfront deveopments but expecting a pushback as it was not going to be popular with developers. I was very surprised when the Committee chair, Cnr Comber, amended it to 500m! A great legacy to building beach resilence in the face of SLR that has been adopted, with other GC practices around the world.

In an era of rapid urbanization and environmental concerns, the need for strategic land planning has never been more critical. Striking a delicate balance between development and conservation is essential to create sustainable, resilient communities that meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. This article explores the importance of strategic land planning and the key considerations involved in achieving a harmonious equilibrium between development and conservation. #MatthewsDCCM #LandPlanning #LandDevelopment

Check out my op-ed: Collaboration integral to Forest Service's proposed national old-growth policy

In this approach we aim to leave the natural environment in a better state than it was before. This concept is becoming increasingly integral to land development projects. So, just in case you missed it! Here's the link again 😉 https://lnkd.in/ettjTSZS

Land management in the United States will need a paradigm shift to survive climate change and a legacy of mismanagement. A team of scholars and practitioners across North America are calling for a “two-eyed seeing” approach to land management. This means genuine collaboration between Indigenous and Western governments. Forest management in the United States is at a crucial juncture, and agencies such as the Forest Service are more open to integrating Indigenous knowledge and practices of land stewardship. “We are very interested in understanding how Indigenous knowledge can be used in combination with Western science to improve our management of all forest conditions including old growth,” Forest Service Deputy Chief Chris French said in a press release. “This report is a big step in improving our understanding of how to do that.” In the Pacific Northwest, two-eyed seeing in part addresses misconceptions about fire and conservation. For starters, it requires forests to be treated as dynamic and not static landscapes — this includes old-growth forests and protected areas. “Change is constant in nature,” says OSU’s Eisenberg (Rarámuri and Western Apache). “Change is a key element of Indigenous knowledge, acknowledging it. And then what comes with that change is we need to pay attention to what the natural world is telling us.” Eisenberg says Indigenous practices emphasize place-based land management strategies, where decisions are reflective of what each specific area needs.