Urban Forestry Management Planning

Image of a flowing body of water winding through an urban area, bordered by green vegetation on both banks, with buildings visible in the background.

Your urban forest likely provides millions of dollars of services a year and through developing an urban forest management plan. By developing an urban forest management plan, you can enhance and sustain those benefits.  

Using plan writing tools will help break the process into manageable chunks. Plan writing usually involves four key components: 

  1. Knowing where you want to go: the vision for the urban forest 
  2. Knowing what you have: inventories and assessments 
  3. Deciding how you will get there: management actions and responsibilities 
  4. Guiding the way : plans, policies, and regulations 

To facilitate the process, gather as much existing information related to each concept and enlist a core team to help develop the plan.  

Tools and Resources


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