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Consultant presents 30‑year urban forest plan for Petaluma, urges hiring dedicated urban forester
Summary
UrbanEcos presented a draft Urban Forest Management Plan with goals to manage, protect, grow and engage Petaluma’s urban forest; consultants urged a dedicated urban forester, an updated technical manual, an inventory and prioritized plantings (net 250 street trees/year) to advance the plan.
Colleen Ravden, lead consultant with UrbanEcos, presented a draft Urban Forest Management Plan to the Petaluma Tree Advisory Committee on Jan. 21, laying out four one‑word goals—manage, protect, grow and engage—and a set of strategies and recommended actions to guide city policy and operations for the next 30 to 40 years.
Ravden said the plan is grounded in outreach, a canopy cover analysis and a municipal forest resource assessment. "Our first action under the strategy is to hire a dedicated urban forester," she said, recommending a city point person to coordinate inventories, permitting, enforcement and outreach. Ravden added that the full UFMP, including specific action items, will be distributed to the committee and posted with a public survey for feedback in the coming weeks.
The plan’s "Manage" recommendations call for a complete street‑tree inventory, a…
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