Columbia, Missouri’s Urban Forestry Master Plan is a roadmap that provides detailed information, recommendations, and resources to effectively and proactively manage and grow the City’s urban tree canopy. The plan includes a detailed analysis of the urban tree canopy and public street trees, leaf litter issues, an emerald ash borer strategy, ordinance development, maintenance budgeting, and an ESRI StoryMap to communicate results and recommendations to the general public.

Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this session, you will be better able to:

Develop a comprehensive approach to efficiently manage green infrastructure.
Engage the community with an effective outreach program to promote sustainability initiatives.
Establish public-private partnerships and leverage resources to create and manage the community forest.

Richard Stone PE

Engineering & Operations Manager, City of Columbia, MO

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