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Fairfax planning commissioners review draft Urban Forest Master Plan, counsel staff on priorities
Summary
City staff presented a draft Urban Forest Master Plan that recommends a new urban forestry division and sets KPIs for canopy, equity and stewardship; commissioners praised outreach but pressed for clearer short‑term, low‑cost actions and regional data partnerships.
Miss Safford, the city’s urban forester, presented the draft Urban Forest Master Plan to the Fairfax City Planning Commission on Dec. 8, outlining project status, benchmarks and next steps and asking for commission feedback before a planned City Council public hearing in late January.
The plan, Safford said, is built on a 2021 tree canopy assessment and i-Tree analysis and frames work around five objectives — protect, regulate, grow, manage and engage — with short-, medium- and long-term actions. "Fairfax's Urban Forest removes 31 tons of air pollutants, sequesters 66,000 tons of carbon, and prevents 20,000,000 gallons of stormwater from entering our…
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