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Council adopts urban forest management plan setting 40% canopy target by 2040
Summary
Council unanimously adopted the Urban Forest Management Plan, giving the Urban Tree Advisory Committee a formal roadmap to increase canopy cover and diversify species; staff said the city is at about 23% canopy coverage per 2021 data.
Grants Pass City Council voted unanimously to adopt the Urban Forest Management Plan as a guiding document for the Urban Tree Advisory Committee (UTAC), which the city said will guide tree-planting strategy, species diversity and annual reporting.
Josh Hopkins, park superintendent, presented the plan and told council: the UTAC voted unanimously to recommend the plan after work through 2024. "The urban forest management plan…details the vision, mission, values, goals, objectives,…
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