Edmond wants to protect green infrastructure  Edmond City
Council members held workshops to address a Green Infrastructure
Initiative. They want to protect the city's natural resources
for future development of Edmond. By Diana Baldwin Published:
September 25, 2012  The city has 54,430 acres of existing
trails, park area and other conservation areas.  Urban forestry
officials are completing an urban tree canopy study, which is a
measurement, when viewed from above, of the amount of leaves,
limbs and stems that shelter the ground.  In the residential
area, officials found there is 46.2 percent tree canopy cover,
which is a good percentage, said Leigh Martin, urban forestry
assistant. There are an estimated 4 million trees in the
residential areas, the study found.  Education and amendments to
the zoning plan were two suggestions city leaders will review to
implement a green infrastructure plan. Recommendations will be
brought back to the city council for consideration.  | |  by
Diana Baldwin Sr. Reporter + sho