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Tree board discusses community forest management plan, canopy study, and proposed tree-list/code revisions
Summary
The board reviewed the community forest management plan, discussed pending grants and a canopy study, and debated updates to the official tree list and exceptional-tree code language ahead of a Feb. 27 Council presentation.
Members of the Lake Forest Park Tree Board spent the substantive portion of their Feb. 5 meeting reviewing the draft community forest management plan, the status of related grants and a forthcoming tree canopy study, and proposed changes to the city’s official tree list and exceptional-tree code language.
The discussion focused on several interrelated items: (1) a community tree canopy study and related grant applications; (2) corrections and revisions to the city’s recent tree inventory and its effects on policy recommendations; and (3) code edits related to the definition and protection of “exceptional trees.” Board members said consultants adjusted inventory calculations after identifying…
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