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Achieving Sufficiency in Urban Forestry

Achieving Sufficiency in Urban Forestry. Phil Rodbell Northeastern Area State and Private Forestry. UCF Program Purpose. to encourage cooperative efforts to plan urban forestry programs and to plant, protect, maintain, and utilize wood from trees

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Achieving Sufficiency in Urban Forestry

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  1. Achieving Sufficiency in Urban Forestry Phil Rodbell Northeastern Area State and Private Forestry

  2. UCF Program Purpose • to encourage cooperative efforts to plan urban forestry programs and • to plant, protect, maintain, and utilize wood from trees • in open spaces, greenbelts, roadside screens, parks, woodlands, curb areas, and residential developments in urban areas.

  3. Benefits A suite of services that mitigate climate change: • energy conservation • carbon sequestration • biomass utilization • storm water management, and • other environmental, social, and economic benefits

  4. Core UCF Objectives • Assist communities in setting tree cover goals and policies • Improve community tree and forest management • Enhance the health of urban watersheds

  5. Core Activities • Targeted assistance for protecting, conserving, and enhancing urban tree canopy cover • Tree plantings, tree inventories, tree cover assessments, and active management and planning of the urban forest resources • Public education and awareness

  6. Measures and Results • Increase the number of communities and affected population that are managing and developingprograms to plant, protect, and maintain community trees and forests. S.O.A.P. = Staff, Ordinance, Advocacy, and Planning

  7. Measures and Results • Improve the extent and quality of tree cover in the communities we serve.

  8. Other Considerations • Manage and protect forests in urban growth areas and during development activities. • Mitigate climate change through targeted tree planting and maintenance efforts. • Support and create green jobs. • Address exotic invasive pest species that typically affect urban forests. • Protect and enhance watersheds in urban and developing areas. • Promote the importance of trees, forests, and forestry to urban residents.

  9. “Crosswalk” Objectives • Educate community officials charged with making land use decisions. • Detect and monitor pests in urban areas. • Demonstrate use of woody biomass and strategic tree planting for energy conservation. • Develop integrated planning approach for catastrophic events (fire, pests, storms) • Improve protection and management of watersheds to reduce storm water and incidence of flooding.

  10. Building Bridges Prioritize forest landscapes; open space planning; slow fragmentation and sprawl; ecosystem services

  11. Contact: Phil Rodbell USDA Forest Service Northeastern Area State and Private Forestry 11 Campus Blvd, Suite 200 Newtown Square, PA 19073 Or visit: www.na.fs.fed.us

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