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Parks department updates board on urban forest master plan: lidar inventory, emerald ash borer and goats in focus
Summary
Parks staff briefed the board on progress toward the city's Urban Forest Master Plan, including a multi-year tree inventory, lidar mapping, emerald ash borer monitoring and a pilot vegetation-management program using goats.
Brett Johnson and Parks Department staff updated the Parks and Recreation Board on work to implement the City of Dallas Urban Forest Master Plan, reporting progress on tree inventories, pest monitoring, hazardous-vegetation reduction and volunteer training.
Johnson said the citywide objective remains to increase canopy from about 32% to roughly 37% by 2040, a goal that the plan estimates will require planting approximately 350,000 trees. He told the board that Dallas Water Utilities began a public-tree inventory in December 2024 and has recorded more than 80,000 trees so far; the Parks…
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