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Flower Mound commission weighs new incentives, nursery proposal to restore post-oak canopy
Summary
The Environmental Conservation Commission discussed ordinance options to restore Flower Mound’s declining post-oak canopy, weighing higher mitigation payments, specimen-size changes and a town or contract nursery to produce post-oak seedlings. Staff will draft ordinance language for a council workshop.
The Flower Mound Environmental Conservation Commission spent the bulk of its May 5 work session debating how to stop the town’s decline in post oak trees and how to direct mitigation funds toward replanting.
Commissioners and staff reviewed two broad policy paths: lowering the specimen-tree threshold so more removals trigger mitigation, or increasing mitigation amounts specifically for post oaks so payments can finance a dedicated nursery or planting program. Staff summarized past analyses and said the town can also offer incentives that encourage developers to plant post oaks rather than other species.
“Lowering the specimen size of post oaks will lead to more mitigation paid to the tree fund in most cases,” Jake (staff member) said, describing…
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