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Sonoma council accepts urban canopy assessment and tree inventory, directs next steps
Summary
The council unanimously accepted Planet Geo's urban canopy assessment and Treeplotter-based inventory, which found about 25% canopy cover and identified 14% of the city as plantable; staff will use the data to prioritize plantings, update permit processes and explore an urban-forest management plan.
The Sonoma City Council on Feb. 18 voted 4-0 to accept an urban canopy assessment and a street- and public-property tree inventory completed by Planet Geo and city staff.
The reports, presented by Associate Planner Jacob Dunn and Parks and Recreation Director Dave Jans, quantify the city's existing tree cover and identify opportunities and constraints for adding trees. "A tree canopy assessment is a land cover study where aerial imagery is analyzed and is determined by the percentage of tree canopy," Jacob Dunn said during the presentation, explaining the high-resolution imagery and land-cover classification used for the analysis.
The assessment reported that roughly 25% of the city's mapped area is covered by tree canopy and that about 14% of the land area was identified as suitable for planting. The inventory documented 183 species and…
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