URBAN FOREST MANAGEMENT PLANNING
An urban forest management plan provides long-term guidance for the care of urban trees. A plan will typically assess the current state of your urban forest resource and lay out objectives to reach specific goals. A tree care plan helps achieve Tree City USA for municipalities and Tree Campus USA recognition for universities and colleges.
Plans typically include the following elements:
We can assist in securing funding for the completion of an urban forest management plan for your municipality, college/university or homeowners association.
Plans typically include the following elements:
- Resource Assessment
- Tree Inventory
- Tree risk assessments
- Benefit breakdown
- Goals/objectives - Goals typically align with overall goals of a community/property. Objective are specific and measurable methods to be put in place to achieve goals.
- Expenditures
- Staffing
- Planting
- Pruning/Removals
- Communication - How will the plan be communicated to staff and the community?
- Implementation - Gives authority to personnel or departments to enforce specific aspects of the plan.
We can assist in securing funding for the completion of an urban forest management plan for your municipality, college/university or homeowners association.