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Tumwater reviews Urban Forestry Management Plan; staff outlines canopy targets, inventory updates and code changes
Summary
City staff presented an action report on Tumwater's Urban Forestry Management Plan, detailing seedling orders, an inventory update, proposed landscape-code changes (larger tree islands), HOA outreach, and tribal forage-access work. Members pressed on development-driven canopy loss and implementation capacity.
City of Tumwater staff briefed the Tree Board on Nov. 10 about progress implementing the Urban Forestry Management Plan, including near-term planting, inventory verification and forthcoming code revisions meant to support long-term canopy goals.
Brian, the city's urban-forestry staff lead, told the board he reviewed every action in the plan and could speak to approximately "90%" of items. He said staff have ordered "our first seedling order, a few 100 trees" and are planning winter plantings on city-owned parcels that are unlikely to be developed to increase overall canopy. He also described work to improve planting practices and root barriers to reduce sidewalk…
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