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Tree Board discusses SFI grant, canopy-mapping options and KCD contract
Summary
Tree Board reviewed options for an SFI Sustainable Forestry Initiative grant assessment and a canopy analysis funded by KCD, discussed timelines and data filters (parcel, city-owned, riparian), and agreed to coordinate with city staff to finalize requests before council or KCD approvals.
The Tree Board discussed next steps for two related urban-forest projects: a Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) grant to fund a third-party assessment of the city’s urban-forest practices and a canopy-assessment contract funded through King Conservation District (KCD) funds to produce a TreePlotter/Planet Geo mapping and change analysis.
Victoria Coutaz, vice chair of the Tree Board, and Drew (a staff/consultant presenter) described the SFI grant as a program that supports a third-party benchmarking assessment of community forestry across topics such as climate and community engagement and provides optional funds to support follow-up work. “SFI is the sustainable forestry initiative, and they have their own benchmarking standard for sustainable urban forests,” Drew said, describing the assessment and optional implementation funds. Participants recited the approximate grant cap discussed…
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