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Hanford hears draft Urban Forest Master Plan; consultant cites 140-acre canopy loss and 30-year goal to restore 10% cover
Summary
A Dudek planner told Hanford City Council the draft urban forest plan inventories 6,486 public trees, documents about 140 acres of canopy loss (2018–2022), and sets a 30-year goal to restore 10% citywide canopy by planting about 4,500 trees (2,200 on private property), with an immediate 600-tree planting funded by a USDA grant.
Kevin Cullinan, an urban forest planner with Dudek, presented the draft Hanford Urban Forest Management Plan to the Hanford City Council on Feb. 17, describing the plan’s inventory, goals and implementation recommendations. The presentation said the city completed a public-tree inventory of 6,486 trees and that canopy cover citywide fell by roughly 140 acres between 2018 and 2022, with most losses occurring on private property.
Cullinan said the city received a $1,000,000 USDA urban and community forestry grant in 2024 that funded the inventory, outreach and the draft plan and will pay to plant 600 trees in public spaces over the next two years. He outlined a longer-term target of increasing citywide canopy to 10% by 2055 — a level the consultant…
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