MUNICIPAL ARBORIST CONSULTING

Planned Forest Solutions provides municipal arborist and urban forestry consulting in the Chicago area and throughout northeast Illinois, southeast Wisconsin and northwest Indiana. We can manage all aspects of a city tree program, working as your contract city forester.  We work with municipalities on:
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• Tree ordinance enforcement and development
• Municipal tree planting oversight
• Tree City USA program management
• Resident request response
• Tree pruning program management
• Tree inventory management
• Municipal tree program budget management

​We have over fifteen years of experience in arboriculture/urban forestry, including significant experience in municipal government. We understand the functions of municipal government and are able to efficiently manage a municipal forestry program. 

Hiring a consultant to manage your municipality's trees has several advantages, but mainly allows for the to hire a firm with specialized expertise at a lower expense than utilizing full-time employees. 

Contact us to discuss how we can assist in the management of your municipality's trees. 

Parkway trees, such as this sycamore, should be evaluated properly to minimize risk to the municipality.

City trees need proper management to maximize their benefit to citizens