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Kentucky GIS Conference 2026
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Louisville's Urban Forest: Quilting the Canopy with GIS
Thursday October 1, 2026 10:05am - 11:05am EDT
The Barrel Room
Louisville’s tree canopy is a quilt of data, complied by numerous organizations and municipalities, stitched together through GIS and thoughtful analysis. Across a fragmented urban forestry landscape, organizations often compete for limited space, funding, and capacity, even while working toward common canopy goals. This presentation shows how GIS integrates diverse datasets, including canopy trends, Tree Equity Scores, field data collection, and climate trend analysis, to guide planting and maintenance strategies and support collaboration across sectors. In Louisville, this geospatial approach has helped inform citywide planting efforts, contributed to more than 15,000 trees planted by one organization over the past decade, and supported the award of a $12 million U.S. Forest Service grant for street tree maintenance and planting. GIS helps transform scattered efforts into a connected urban forest strategy.
Speakers
avatar for Mary Chambless

Mary Chambless

GIS Analyst, Louisville Parks and Recreation: Division of Urban Forestry
Mary Chambless, MGIS, is a GIS Analyst with over six years of professional experience in geospatial analysis, cartographic design, and spatial data management. With a strong background in zoological studies, environmental science, and mapping industries, she brings a unique interdisciplinary... Read More →
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Trevor Harry

GIS Analyst, Louisville Parks and Recreation: Division of Urban Forestry
Trevor Harry, MS, is a GIS Analyst with Louisville Parks & Recreation Division of Urban Forestry. Trevor serves in a unique role as a GIS Analyst for the Louisville Equitable Forestry Initiative, where he utilizes GIS to maintain tree inventories, planting locales, maintenance records... Read More →
Thursday October 1, 2026 10:05am - 11:05am EDT
The Barrel Room 1375 South Broadway, Lexington, KY, USA
  1-hour Breakout Session

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