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The City of Fort Collins Forestry Division is working on the City's first-ever Urban Forest Strategic Plan (UFSP), Rooted in Community.
The primary objectives of the Forestry Division are to sustain a safe, healthy, and resilient urban forest through frequent and sound management practices. The UFSP will be an all-inclusive 20-year vision of managing Fort Collins’ community trees, refining existing forestry divisional goals, identifying new goals based on best practices in urban ecology, arboriculture, and urban forest management, planning and preparing for a changing climate now and in the future, and making actionable recommendations to achieve these goals.
This plan will help guide the future of Fort Collins' urban forest, which includes the preservation, maintenance, and expansion of trees throughout the community.
The goals of the Urban Forest Strategic Plan are:
To communicate the social, economic, and environmental value of the urban forest
To prioritize equity in service delivery, ensuring that the most vulnerable and underserved communities benefit from a healthy tree canopy
To plan for proactive tree planting and care of the urban forest
To identify funding goals and strategies for the Fort Collins urban forest
To identify and propose improved and enforceable public policy for the protection of community trees
To build a culture of trust and partnership between Fort Collins residents and the institutions that serve or interact with the urban forest
To address rising temperatures in the built environment and adaptation needs for a changing climate
The City of Fort Collins Forestry Division is working on the City's first-ever Urban Forest Strategic Plan (UFSP), Rooted in Community.
The primary objectives of the Forestry Division are to sustain a safe, healthy, and resilient urban forest through frequent and sound management practices. The UFSP will be an all-inclusive 20-year vision of managing Fort Collins’ community trees, refining existing forestry divisional goals, identifying new goals based on best practices in urban ecology, arboriculture, and urban forest management, planning and preparing for a changing climate now and in the future, and making actionable recommendations to achieve these goals.
This plan will help guide the future of Fort Collins' urban forest, which includes the preservation, maintenance, and expansion of trees throughout the community.
The goals of the Urban Forest Strategic Plan are:
To communicate the social, economic, and environmental value of the urban forest
To prioritize equity in service delivery, ensuring that the most vulnerable and underserved communities benefit from a healthy tree canopy
To plan for proactive tree planting and care of the urban forest
To identify funding goals and strategies for the Fort Collins urban forest
To identify and propose improved and enforceable public policy for the protection of community trees
To build a culture of trust and partnership between Fort Collins residents and the institutions that serve or interact with the urban forest
To address rising temperatures in the built environment and adaptation needs for a changing climate
The City of Fort Collins is in the process of creating an Urban Forest Strategic Plan and we want your input! We would love to hear what you think about trees in Fort Collins and the urban forest, and how you think we can improve, now and in the future.
The survey will take approximately 5 minutes to complete and will remain open until November 17.
This survey is just one of the tools being used to evaluate the overall status and future needs of our urban forest. Results from this survey, along with other methods of community engagement, will be included as part of the final strategic plan document.
