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Mountlake Terrace to inventory street trees, use $120,000 DNR grant to build urban forest plan
Summary
City staff and consultants described a plan to complete a first-ever street-tree inventory, quantify canopy benefits and target outreach to neighborhoods with lower tree equity. A $120,000 Department of Natural Resources grant will fund the work and public engagement is already under way.
Mountlake Terrace city staff and outside consultants told the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Commission at a recent meeting that work is beginning on an urban forest management plan funded by a $120,000 grant from the Washington State Department of Natural Resources.
The plan will include a street-tree inventory scheduled for early September, public surveys already posted in Spanish and Vietnamese, and a broader public engagement strategy aimed at distributing canopy benefits more equitably across the city.
Andrea Starbird, principal consultant for Starbird Environmental, said the project’s “overarching goal … is that everyone should have access to the benefits of trees.” Starbird is subcontracting to Planet Geo, which will…
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