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Norwalk council adopts 30-year tree master plan, sets 10% canopy-growth goal
Summary
The Norwalk Common Council unanimously adopted a citywide Tree Master Plan on April 22, directing staff and partners to pursue a 30-year strategy to grow canopy, prioritize urban neighborhoods and rely on grants and volunteers to implement planting and maintenance.
The Norwalk Common Council voted unanimously April 22 to adopt the city's Tree Master Plan, a 30-year strategy that sets a target to increase tree canopy by 10 percent by 2053.
The plan, presented to the council on Earth Day by Sarah Cruz, the city's arborist and horticulturist, and Chris Piper of consultant Planet Geo, lays out planting priorities, a public-tree inventory, maintenance strategies and neighborhood-level targets to address canopy deficits in urban neighborhoods such as South Norwalk.
"Trees are essential public infrastructure," Sarah Cruz told the council. "They filter our air and water, cool neighborhoods, support wildlife, and manage stormwater." Cruz said the plan centers on three goals: growing canopy, improving maintenance to reduce risk and strengthening community engagement and stewardship.
Planet Geo's director of urban forestry strategy,…
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