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How Idaho youth are working to reduce heat in urban areas
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![A heat sensor collects weather data in a Boise neighborhood.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/58147ed/2147483647/strip/false/crop/3024x4032+0+0/resize/396x528!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F90%2Fdb%2F8c8d5dc9460d8cbd3a6d2d4d2ec5%2Fimg-0395.jpg)
Earlier this month, weather sensors were placed throughout a Boise neighborhood to document how heat is impacting our urban areas.
The project, which is being spearheaded by a youth-led research team with the Idaho Conservation Corps, aims to show how additional tree canopy could provide a possible solution to rising temperatures here in the Treasure Valley.
Lisa O'Flaherty, the state director of the Idaho Conservation Corps, along with youth-crew member Logan Clark-Rivera, joined Idaho Matters to talk more.
2056 episodes
Manage episode 435283295 series 2283253
![A heat sensor collects weather data in a Boise neighborhood.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/58147ed/2147483647/strip/false/crop/3024x4032+0+0/resize/396x528!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F90%2Fdb%2F8c8d5dc9460d8cbd3a6d2d4d2ec5%2Fimg-0395.jpg)
Earlier this month, weather sensors were placed throughout a Boise neighborhood to document how heat is impacting our urban areas.
The project, which is being spearheaded by a youth-led research team with the Idaho Conservation Corps, aims to show how additional tree canopy could provide a possible solution to rising temperatures here in the Treasure Valley.
Lisa O'Flaherty, the state director of the Idaho Conservation Corps, along with youth-crew member Logan Clark-Rivera, joined Idaho Matters to talk more.
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