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NFP board weighs ASLA 2040 climate-and-biodiversity plan as a resource for its guide

Natural Features Protection Board · May 7, 2026
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Board members discussed integrating the American Society of Landscape Architects' 2040 climate and biodiversity action plan into the NFP Guide as a reference resource, balancing stewardship goals with the need for predictability, equity and the legal limits of local ordinance changes.

During the NFP work session the board discussed whether to reference the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) 'Landscape Architecture 2040: Climate and Biodiversity Action Plan' in the city’s Natural Features Protection (NFP) Guide. Director Munchow introduced the ASLA document and asked staff to circulate it for board members to read before an upcoming meeting.

Staff emphasized a distinction the group returned to repeatedly:…

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