Prioritizing Agroforestry Outreach in Virginia s Chesapeake Bay Region. Katie Trozzo, PhD Student John Munsell, Associate Professor

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1 Prioritizing Agroforestry Outreach in Virginia s Chesapeake Bay Region Katie Trozzo, PhD Student John Munsell, Associate Professor

2 Agroforestry Prioritization Why How Findings

3 Policy Directions

4 Grassroots Interest In Virginia 32% of creek side owner respondents were interested in native fruit and nut tree riparian buffers (Trozzo et al., 2014) Photo credit: Sujan Sundareswaran

5 Where do we Start?

6 Photo credit (dart):

7 High Priority Conservation Need Landowner Interest

8 Macro Analysis Micro Analysis

9 Macro Analysis Biophysical Proportion of Open Marginal Per HUC 10 Subwatershed Area Total Area Open Marginal Riparian Area Per HUC 10 Subwatershed Riparian Area

10 Open Marginal Total Area

11 Open Marginal Riparian Area

12 Macro Analysis Social ESRI Tapestry segments prioritized based on expected agroforestry interest

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15 Tapestry Data + Agroforestry Literature

16 for assigning expected interest levels to Ranking System ESRI Tapestry segments High Priority Low Priority Community Type Rural Urban Income High Low Education High Low Gardening Expenses Multiple None Recreation Extensive None Civic Engagement High None

17 for expected agroforestry interest for Final Ranks ESRI Tapestry segments Rank Tapestry Segment Score 1 Exurbanites Rural Resort Dwellers Prairie Living Green Acres Silver and Gold Midland Crowd Heartland Communities Salt of the Earth 0.52

18 Tapestry Segments proportionally measured per subwatershed Rural Resort Dwellers Prairie Living Green Acres Salt of the Earth Exurbanites Rooted Rural Southern Satellites

19 Biophysical + Social = Final Score

20 Macro Analysis Results

21 Micro Analysis Social Survey to owners of marginal open riparian lands within 200 ft of a 1 st to 3 rd order stream Interest in agroforestry Improve Tapestry Ranks Choose a focus area for outreach

22 1,436 sent 687 returned 48% response rate

23 30% of respondents were interested in participating in agroforestry workshops

24 Agroforestry Interest Highly interested Neutral Not Interested RB Riparian SP Silvopasture AC Alleycropping 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

25 Interest in Riparian Buffers Tapestry Segments by Interest Similar to Expected Higher than Expected Lower than Expected High Estimated Priority Low Estimated Priority

26 ESRI Tapestry Priority Rank Increased Rank by at least 3 places Decreased Rank by at least 3 places Expected Exurbanites Rural Resort Prairie Living Green Acres Midland Crowd Salt of the Earth Suburban Splendor Rooted Rural Southern Satellites In Style Prosperous Empty Nesters Sophisticated Squires Crossroads Measured Southern Satellites Exurbanites Prosperous Empty Nesters Prairie Living Green Acres Rural Resort Suburban Splendor Midland Crowd Salt of the Earth Sophisticated Squires In Style Rooted Rural Crossroads

27 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Riparian Buffer Highly interested Neutral Not Interested Carter Run Robinson River Christians Creek Lower North

28 Silvopasture Highly interested Neutral Not Interested Carter Run Robinson River Christians Creek Lower North 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

29 Micro Analysis Biophysical Amount of plantable acres Crop Pasture Total

30 Open Marginal Riparian Acres 3,000 Pasture Crop Total 2,500 2,000 1,500 1, Carter Run-Rap Robinson Christians Creek Lower North

31 Highest Amount of riparian buffer area Interest in riparian buffers

32 Focus Areas

33 Agency Planning Meeting Barriers, Support, Integration into Programs, Roles

34 55 Participants Fields, pastures, creek sides...and Trees How could it work for you? We invite you to a day-long workshop focused on two agroforestry practices, riparian buffers and silvopasture. Silvopasture is the management of trees, forage and livestock on the same piece of land. Riparian forest buffers are trees planted parallel to streams. Both systems can improve soils, water quality, and herd health while producing fruits, nuts, florals, livestock fodder, and much more. November 8, :00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Lord Fairfax Community College s Fauquier Campus Warrenton, Virginia $15 per person (includes lunch) To register or find more information, visit: Contact Paxton Ramsdell at pramsdel@vt.edu or (540) with questions

35 Producer Workshop Insert pic of workshop

36 Recommendations to move agroforestry forward in Virginia An agroforestry coalition Agroforestry guild list serve Regional demonstration sites Landowner education Agency education Propagate local planting stock Product development and marketing

37 Conclusions Macro Micro GIS Open Marginal Lands ESRI Tapestry Data Surveys Participatory Planning Outreach Prioritization

38 Resources Blinn C, Wynne R. (2013) Marginal Open Lands of the Chesapeake Bay in Virginia. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Personally created shapefiles.view at: ESRI: Tapestry Segmentation Reference Guide. (2011) Redlands, California Trozzo, K. E., J. F. Munsell, J. L. Chamberlain, and W. M. Aust. 2014b. Potential Adoption of Agroforestry Riparian Buffers Based on Landowner and Streamside Characteristics. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 69 (2): doi: /jswc

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