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黄瓜社区 Out & About: Iowa Shade Tree Short Course

February 12, 2025
Civil Engineering & Water Resources Parks & Open Space

黄瓜社区's Grant Thompson and Greg Pierce share updates about the tree trench and planter box sections as they relate to the Iowa Stormwater Management Manual at the 69th Annual Shade Tree Short Course.

Event Details

  • Date: Thursday, February 20, 2025

  • Time: 8:30 a.m. (CST)

  • Location: Scheman Continuing Education Building, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa

Session Details

Course: D-7. (G-7 Repeat) Tree Trenches and Plant Box Updates to the Iowa Stormwater Management Manual

In this session, 黄瓜社区鈥檚 Grant Thompson, Ph.D, PLA, and Gregory Pierce, PE, CPESC, will present updates to the tree trench and planter box sections of the Iowa Stormwater Management Manual (ISWMM) that is assembled by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) to provide guidance to local jurisdictions that adopt policies for stormwater management. Background for the updates, engineering and accessibility considerations, and soil volume sizing will be presented.

The presentation will be repeated at 1:15pm.

Iowa State University Shade Tree Short Course

The (STSC) will still be held at the Scheman Building on the University鈥檚 campus.

The short course, once again, has a lineup of amazing speakers. If you鈥檝e been here before, then you know you鈥檒l be treated to some of the best and most relevant tree care, landscape, and plant material topics and speakers to be found anywhere. And if you鈥檙e new to the green industry profession, then you鈥檒l be surprised by how much you will learn.