{"id":683,"date":"2021-10-01T10:33:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-01T15:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/gift\/?page_id=683"},"modified":"2022-02-22T14:41:54","modified_gmt":"2022-02-22T20:41:54","slug":"large-scale-green-infrastructure","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/gift\/large-scale-green-infrastructure\/","title":{"rendered":"Large-Scale Green Infrastructure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1661 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/gift\/files\/2021\/10\/Sheldon-Lake-State-Park-Freshwater-Wetland-Restoration-2-e1645562510434.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1439\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/gift\/files\/2021\/10\/Sheldon-Lake-State-Park-Freshwater-Wetland-Restoration-2-e1645562510434.jpg 1439w, https:\/\/agrilife.org\/gift\/files\/2021\/10\/Sheldon-Lake-State-Park-Freshwater-Wetland-Restoration-2-e1645562510434-300x83.jpg 300w, https:\/\/agrilife.org\/gift\/files\/2021\/10\/Sheldon-Lake-State-Park-Freshwater-Wetland-Restoration-2-e1645562510434-1024x284.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/agrilife.org\/gift\/files\/2021\/10\/Sheldon-Lake-State-Park-Freshwater-Wetland-Restoration-2-e1645562510434-768x213.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1439px) 100vw, 1439px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #56565a; font-size: 23px;\">Large areas of undeveloped land provide countless services, the value of these natural ecosystems is hard to quantify but benefits include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h6><em><strong><span style=\"color: #56565a; font-size: 20px;\">Flood &amp; Drought Mitigation<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/h6>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h6><em><strong><span style=\"color: #56565a; font-size: 20px;\">Water Quality &amp; Quantity Enhancement<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/h6>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h6><em><strong><span style=\"color: #56565a; font-size: 20px;\">Erosion Control and Bank Stabilization<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/h6>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h6><em><strong><span style=\"color: #56565a; font-size: 20px;\">Biogeochemical Processes<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/h6>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h6><em><strong><span style=\"color: #56565a; font-size: 20px;\">Habitat &amp; Biodiversity<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/h6>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h6><em><strong><span style=\"color: #56565a; font-size: 20px;\">Nursery &amp; Spawning Locations for Wildlife<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/h6>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h6><em><strong><span style=\"color: #56565a; font-size: 20px;\">Threatened &amp; Endangered Species Protection<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/h6>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h6><em><strong><span style=\"color: #56565a; font-size: 20px;\">Recreation, Ecotourism, and Enjoyment of Nature<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/h6>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">.soliloquy-thumbnails-container .soliloquy-item { opacity: .5; }.soliloquy-thumbnails-container .soliloquy-active-slide, .soliloquy-thumbnails-container 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id=\"soliloquy-image-1776\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-thumbnails-image soliloquy-image-2\" src=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/gift\/files\/2022\/02\/Sheldon-Lake-state-Park-wetland-restoraiton-Pond-3.jpg\" alt=\"Sheldon-Lake-state-Park-wetland-restoration-Pond-3\" \/><\/a><\/li><li class=\"soliloquy-item soliloquy-item-3 soliloquy-thumbnails-item soliloquy-image-slide\" data-index=\"3\" draggable=\"false\" style=\"list-style:none\"><a href=\"\" class=\"soliloquy-link soliloquy-thumbnails-link\" title=\"Sheldon-Lake-State-Park-Freshwater-Wetland-Restoration-Bittern-flowers\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"soliloquy-image-1772\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-thumbnails-image soliloquy-image-3\" src=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/gift\/files\/2022\/02\/Sheldon-Lake-State-Park-Freshwater-Wetland-Restoration-Bittern-flowers.jpg\" alt=\"Sheldon-Lake-State-Park-Freshwater-Wetland-Restoration-Bittern-flowers\" \/><\/a><\/li><li class=\"soliloquy-item soliloquy-item-4 soliloquy-thumbnails-item soliloquy-image-slide\" data-index=\"4\" draggable=\"false\" style=\"list-style:none\"><a href=\"\" class=\"soliloquy-link soliloquy-thumbnails-link\" title=\"Sheldon-Lake-State-Park-Freshwater-Wetland-Restoration-Pond-5-80\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"soliloquy-image-1773\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-thumbnails-image soliloquy-image-4\" src=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/gift\/files\/2022\/02\/Sheldon-Lake-State-Park-Freshwater-Wetland-Restoration-Pond-5-80.jpg\" alt=\"Sheldon-Lake-State-Park-Freshwater-Wetland-Restoration-Pond-5-80\" \/><\/a><\/li><li class=\"soliloquy-item soliloquy-item-5 soliloquy-thumbnails-item soliloquy-image-slide\" data-index=\"5\" draggable=\"false\" style=\"list-style:none\"><a href=\"\" class=\"soliloquy-link soliloquy-thumbnails-link\" title=\"Sheldon-Lake-State-Park-Freshwater-Wetland-Restoration-Pond-5-80\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"soliloquy-image-1781\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-thumbnails-image soliloquy-image-5\" src=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/gift\/files\/2022\/02\/Sheldon-Lake-State-Park-Freshwater-Wetland-Restoration-Pond-5-80-1.jpg\" alt=\"Sheldon-Lake-State-Park-Freshwater-Wetland-Restoration-Pond-5-80\" \/><\/a><\/li><li class=\"soliloquy-item soliloquy-item-6 soliloquy-thumbnails-item soliloquy-image-slide\" data-index=\"6\" draggable=\"false\" style=\"list-style:none\"><a href=\"\" class=\"soliloquy-link soliloquy-thumbnails-link\" title=\"Sheldon-Lake-State-Park-freshwater-wetland-restoration-Pond-6S\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"soliloquy-image-1774\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-thumbnails-image soliloquy-image-6\" src=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/gift\/files\/2022\/02\/Sheldon-Lake-State-Park-freshwater-wetland-restoration-Pond-6S.jpg\" alt=\"Sheldon-Lake-State-Park-freshwater-wetland-restoration-Pond-6S\" \/><\/a><\/li><li class=\"soliloquy-item soliloquy-item-7 soliloquy-thumbnails-item soliloquy-image-slide\" data-index=\"7\" draggable=\"false\" style=\"list-style:none\"><a href=\"\" class=\"soliloquy-link soliloquy-thumbnails-link\" title=\"Wetland-Plant-Nursery\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"soliloquy-image-1777\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-thumbnails-image soliloquy-image-7\" src=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/gift\/files\/2022\/02\/Wetland-Plant-Nursery.jpg\" alt=\"Wetland-Plant-Nursery\" \/><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #56565a; font-size: 23px;\">Ecosystem services are a framework we can use to understand, discuss, and prioritize conservation that recognizes the value of a healthy, functioning ecosystem. Understanding the value of these natural, or green, systems can help us understand how they provide \u201cinfrastructure\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #500000;\"><strong>What can we do? <\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #56565a; font-size: 23px;\"><strong>Protect<\/strong> \u2014 Large tracts of land through conservation, preservation, and restoration. This conserves not only the land, but the processes that happen on the land. Large, continuous tracts of undeveloped land provide ecosystem services in a quantity that site-scale and mid-scale projects cannot replicate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #56565a; font-size: 23px;\"><strong>Conservation<\/strong> \u2014 Protecting natural areas and allowing their proper use.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #56565a; font-size: 23px;\"><strong>Preservation<\/strong> \u2014 Maintain, protecting, or keeping a piece of land in its current state. Typically protects an area from use by humans.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #56565a; font-size: 23px;\"><strong>Restoration<\/strong> \u2014 Bringing a piece of land back to its previous condition; for example, land that has been used for agriculture can be restored to its pre-agriculture type such as wetland or prairie.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #56565a; font-size: 23px;\">It is not always feasible to conserve large areas of land. In these cases, other options can be considered such as looking for smaller areas of natural land that can be connected by easements, pipeline corridors, park, trails or other methods to <strong>reconnect fragments of ecosystems <\/strong>though green belts and corridors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #56565a; font-size: 23px;\">Successful large-scale projects involve working with multiple partners to pool resources and layer projects and funding to <strong>meet multiple needs<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/c723a570a116\/stormwater-wetland-subscription\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1481\" src=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/gift\/files\/2021\/09\/Newsletter_Subscription_Button-300x146.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"287\" height=\"140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/gift\/files\/2021\/09\/Newsletter_Subscription_Button-300x146.png 300w, https:\/\/agrilife.org\/gift\/files\/2021\/09\/Newsletter_Subscription_Button-1024x499.png 1024w, https:\/\/agrilife.org\/gift\/files\/2021\/09\/Newsletter_Subscription_Button-768x374.png 768w, https:\/\/agrilife.org\/gift\/files\/2021\/09\/Newsletter_Subscription_Button-1536x749.png 1536w, https:\/\/agrilife.org\/gift\/files\/2021\/09\/Newsletter_Subscription_Button.png 1664w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 287px) 100vw, 287px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/texaswetlands.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1625\" src=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/gift\/files\/2021\/10\/Texas_Coastal_Wetlands.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"246\" height=\"140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/gift\/files\/2021\/10\/Texas_Coastal_Wetlands.jpg 878w, https:\/\/agrilife.org\/gift\/files\/2021\/10\/Texas_Coastal_Wetlands-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/agrilife.org\/gift\/files\/2021\/10\/Texas_Coastal_Wetlands-768x437.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 246px) 100vw, 246px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/valuewetlands.tamu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1637\" src=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/gift\/files\/2021\/10\/Wetland_Economic_Benefits_for_Landowners-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"246\" height=\"140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/gift\/files\/2021\/10\/Wetland_Economic_Benefits_for_Landowners-1.jpg 878w, https:\/\/agrilife.org\/gift\/files\/2021\/10\/Wetland_Economic_Benefits_for_Landowners-1-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/agrilife.org\/gift\/files\/2021\/10\/Wetland_Economic_Benefits_for_Landowners-1-768x437.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 246px) 100vw, 246px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/coastalresilience.tamu.edu\/home\/wetland-protection\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1624\" src=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/gift\/files\/2021\/10\/Coastal_Resilience_Wetlands.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"246\" height=\"140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/gift\/files\/2021\/10\/Coastal_Resilience_Wetlands.jpg 877w, https:\/\/agrilife.org\/gift\/files\/2021\/10\/Coastal_Resilience_Wetlands-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/agrilife.org\/gift\/files\/2021\/10\/Coastal_Resilience_Wetlands-768x438.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 246px) 100vw, 246px\" \/><\/a><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; 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