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Consultant outlines Oshkosh urban-forest strategic and management plans, community survey to launch in weeks
Summary
A consultant for the City of Oshkosh presented a forestry strategic plan and management project that will produce a state-of-the-urban-forest report, canopy assessment (2014–2024) and community engagement program; final plan scheduled by Dec. 31, 2025.
Rich Howard, director of urban forestry for Eosign, told the Oshkosh Advisory Parks Board on June 9 that his firm will deliver both a forestry strategic plan and a separate management (operations) plan for Oshkosh, with final deliverables due by Dec. 31, 2025.
The work includes a tree inventory review, a tree‑canopy assessment using 2014, 2018 and 2024 imagery, a policy and ordinance review, staffing and funding analysis, and a community‑engagement program that Eosign expects to launch online within a few weeks. "We're developing a strategy from short, medium and long term perspectives," Howard said. He described the project as four related products: a strategic plan, an operations/management plan, a state‑of‑the‑urban‑forest report, and a…
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