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Greeley consultants outline 20-year urban forest plan, flag canopy gaps and ash-tree risk
Summary
Consultants presented a draft Greeley Urban Forest Strategic Plan to the Historic Preservation Commission on July 21, 2025, reporting an estimated 8% tree canopy, inventory findings (honey locust 11%, green ash 8%), and recommendations for prioritized planting, maintenance and outreach; next draft review and a fall community meeting are planned.
Sam Haywood, a consultant with Davie Resource Group, told the Greeley Historic Preservation Commission on July 21 that the draft Greeley Urban Forest Strategic Plan recommends a 20-year vision and operations guidance for the city’s trees. “We have about an 8 percent tree canopy here in the city,” Haywood said, summarizing the plan’s land-cover and inventory analyses.
The plan pairs a high-resolution canopy map with the city’s tree inventory to identify where new planting would have the greatest benefit. Haywood said the inventory shows honey locust as the single largest species at about 11 percent of the maintained-inventory population and green ash at about 8 percent. “We only have one tree that’s over that threshold in the inventory,” he said, referring to species concentration guidance; he also warned that green ash raises risk because of emerald ash borer.
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