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The Closed Skunk Creek Landfill Gas Quality and Quantity is Declining–What to Do?

The Skunk Creek Landfill served portions of the City of Phoenix disposal needs from the 1970’s until 2005. This landfill is located on almost 640 acres and is divided into…

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SC/RC Perspective: Tackling Sustainability Challenges in Small Cities and Rural Communities

Frequently, large cities and highly urbanized metro areas celebrate community sustainability efforts or Smart Growth. However, it can be tougher to find prominent sustainability practices in America’s smaller towns and…

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The Future of the Interstate Highway System

The Interstate Highway System is the backbone of our country’s transportation system. Representing only 1 percent of the total U.S. public road mileage, it carries over 25 percent of all…

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Resilient and Ready to Build Royal Value for Residents and Rate-Payers Utility Coordination for the Queen City’s Capital Improvement Program – A Royal Partnership

While the potential for utility delays is a well-known risk for all municipal capital projects, how you tackle these risks can have monumental impacts on the operational efficiencies of utility…

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Utility Damage Investigations

Municipalities face the continuous problem of dealing with utility damages, both from excavators striking their utility lines and their own crews striking other utilities.  This can cost the Municipality anywhere…

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Our Future with Trees: A Practical Approach to Plan, Protect, and Restore Your Urban Forest

As increasing research is done into emerging trends and citizen’s expectations for our cities, one item is becoming clear: trees are a valuable part of a community and the urban…

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Successful Tree Planting Projects Require More Than Just Passion

Trees are in-demand in urban environments to provide benefits for urbanization. There are community tree planting projects around the world: Million Trees New York, LA, Denver, Shanghai, London, Ontario, and…

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Using Drones for Grounds Management

Natural grass surfaces are not uniform but are typically managed as if they are. This presentation will outline the basics of using drones for precision grounds management. It will explain…

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Urban Forestry Strategies

These three presentation investigate urban forestry practices and approaches.  1.  Trees and Sidewalk Operations: Can’t They Just Get Along?  Street trees and sidewalks transform city streets into lush and inviting…

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NEW: Washington State Sea Level Projections (What they are and how to use them).

NEW SLR Projections – the science behind the data (15 min) In July 2018, new sea level rise projections were released for Washington. The background about how these projections have…

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