The Urban Forest Master Plan is currently underway. The goal is to produce a guiding document that helps us understand the state of our urban forest, while providing a management plan for how best to take care of it over the next 40+ years.

We began working on the plan at the beginning of 2023, and we anticipate completion in 2024. Davey Resource Group, a highly-respected industry leader in assisting cities to create a Master Plan unique to their environment and reality, is contracted with the City to aid in this work. 

The deliverables we have received so far are:

Deliverables:

• Tree Inventory: Over 10,000 City trees were assessed and each was given a unique identifying number on a digital inventory map so that the city can track each tree over time
• Community Tree Resource Analysis
• Tree Canopy and Land Cover Assessment
• Community Survey Results (UFMP) Summary Slideshow
• Community Survey Results (UFMP) Raw Data
• DRAFT of the Recommended Tree Species List *We are in the process of significantly revising this list based on feedback from the public, steering committe, and several ISA certified master arborists, including our City Forester* 

COMMUNITY MEETING ON 05/22/24:

RESULTS FROM THE COMMUNITY MEETING ON 05.22.2024

Agenda and Handout from 05.22.2024

(Reference Material: Tree Species List from 2001 Forest Management Plan)

*THE FOLLOWING “CWPP” IS NOT TECHNICALLY PART OF THE URBAN FOREST MASTER PLAN (UFMP), HOWEVER IT IS INCLUDED HERE SINCE IT IS HAPPENING CONCURRENTLY WITH THE UFMP*

Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) website