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Newman adopts Urban Forest Management Plan; staff to expand canopy after $203,000 grant-funded plantings
Summary
The Newman City Council adopted an Urban Forest Management Plan that inventories public trees, sets canopy goals and outlines steps for staffing, maintenance and planting. The plan identifies roughly 6.9% canopy cover, inventories 2,239 public trees, and follows a planting project of 200 trees funded largely by a state grant.
The Newman City Council on June 24 adopted the City of Newman Urban Forest Management Plan, a multi-year framework intended to expand and protect the city's tree canopy.
Anne Fankner, municipal arborist and project developer for Davie Resource Group, presented the plan and told council the city's tree canopy is approximately 6.9% and the public tree inventory includes about 2,239 trees in the public right-of-way. The plan recommends staffing, maintenance, planting and policy changes to increase canopy, address pests and drought stress, and improve…
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