1. Urban Habitat: Birds, Backyards and Neighbors Promoting our InterconnectionsMatthew Mega, AICP July 13, 2013 1

2. 2000 and 2004 Advocacy 101 classes 2003 Gardening for Life 2005 Seattle Urban Nature Habitat Map 2007 Riparian project 2012 Seattle Forest Canopy Cover 2013 Seattle Tree InventoryVISION: Interconnected corridors of urban habitat 2 3. The Individual Backyard3 4. 4 5. 5 6. The Collective Backyard6 7. 7 8. Interconnected Urban Corridors Citywide and Neighborhood Backyards8 9. Urban GreenwayBackyard Wildlife City ParkHigh Density Development with Creek RestorationPublic Utilities Land 10. Provide Information Awareness Appreciation / Understanding Sense of StewardshipEngagement 10 11. Photo by Tom Sanders 12. Canopy Connections Inventory: collect, analyze and disseminate data on the urban forest (tree census and canopy analysis). Enhance: identify habitat improvement opportunities and promote activities that enhance wildlife corridors or neighborhoods with low tree canopy. Outreach: Advocate for regulations and their enforcement. Create incentives. Help promote planning efforts like the Urban Forest Management Plan. Talk to your neighbors 12 13. 13 14. 14 15. Keep the big Picture in View Engage neighbors in their backyard first Help them see their neighborhood is a collective backyard Creative solutions are possible 15 16. "When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world. -John Muir16