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CONSERVATION
Implementing green stormwater
infrastructure into parks with a goal of
equitably benefiting communities can
help ensure open space is used to its
full potential.
Green Infrastructure Promotes Resilience
By Justin Taylor
ark and recreation professionals across the country play a pivotal
role in building resilient communities through equitable and sustainable
practices. Resilient communities can withstand natural disasters
and persist through hardship. As green space throughout the United
States has become more scarce, new benefits of parks are being realized,
such as designing new and existing parks to manage stormwater using green
infrastructure principles. With park and recreation professionals being one of
the largest groups of land managers in the nation, it is important that they are
equipped with the knowledge and resources to do so effectively and efficiently.
Implementing green stormwater infrastructure into parks with a goal of equitably
benefiting communities can help ensure open space is used to its full
potential, providing multiple environmental and social benefits - especially
to those who have historically lacked them. According to the EPA (tinyurl.
com/2rk82nwv), the benefits of incorporating green infrastructure include:
* Improving water and air quality
* Sustaining natural habitats for
wildlife
* Reducing a community's longterm
infrastructure costs
* Helping combat the impacts of
climate change
* Increasing publicly available recreation
areas for urban residents
Given the many benefits of incorporating
green stormwater infrastructure
into parks, it is still up to the
park professional to have the skills
and knowledge to implement and
manage these systems. With community
resilience at the core of its
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mission, NRPA is committed to advancing
the field of parks and recreation
by helping communities across
the nation implement and evaluate
the impact of green infrastructure in
new and practical ways. To support
agencies across the country as they
adopt green infrastructure principles,
since 2019, NRPA has made a concentrated
effort to develop resources,
training and certificates to advance
the field's expertise.
Becoming Certified
NRPA has supported park professionals
in undergoing the National
Green Infrastructure Certification
Program (NGICP) (envirocert.org/
ngicp). To date, NRPA has helped
92 professionals across 30 different
states receive their national certification.
The program is intended to provide
the base-level skill set needed for
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