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Fairfax Planning Commission recommends Urban Forest Master Plan to City Council
Summary
The Planning Commission recommended the city’s first Urban Forest Master Plan to City Council before the council’s adoption hearing. The 20-year plan sets canopy, preservation and staffing goals, and includes targets such as a 5% canopy increase in low-canopy areas by 2035.
On Feb. 9, 2026, the Fairfax City Planning Commission voted unanimously to recommend the Urban Forest Master Plan to City Council, which will consider adoption at its Feb. 10 meeting.
The plan, presented by Urban Forest Manager Anna Stafford, lays out a 20-year roadmap for protecting, growing and managing Fairfax City’s public tree canopy. Stafford told the commission the project began 18 months ago and built on recommendations from a 2021 Urban Forestry Program Evaluation and a subsequent Sprout Initiative funded in part by a U.S. Forest Service grant. “The goal is to create a 20 year roadmap for the…
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