Urban & Community Forest Management Plan

What is the urban forest?

The urban forest is all of the woody vegetation growing in an urban area, including trees, shrubs, and vines found along city streets, public parks and private property. The City is responsible for managing an urban forest that contains over 40,000 street trees and 6,600 park trees (mowed areas).

Ann Arbor's First Urban & Community Forest Management Plan

The City of Ann Arbor is developing its first Urban Forest Management Plan to provide a framework for effective management of the City's urban forest as a community asset, consistent with the values and needs of its residents. Ann Arbor’s City managed urban forest provides $4.6 million in benefits each year to the City and its residents; the plan will help to maintain a sustainable urban forest that maximizes these benefits. (Click to learn more about the Benefits of Urban Forests)

Urban & Community Forest Management Plan Development Update

November 2011-February 2012: The Advisory Committee and City Staff Working Group are reviewing the results of the benchmarking research and will be developing recommendations, objectives and action steps based on this research.

Proposed recommendations will be shared with the Stakeholder Focus Groups and the public in early 2012 for feedback.

Please check back for updates on the development of the Urban Forest Management Plan and ways that you can be part of the planning process.

Public Engagement

View the Urban & Community Forest Management Public Engagement Plan summary (PDF) to learn about each of the public engagement activities and the groups involved. Also, look below for additional supporting materials:

Public Workshops (Summer 2010)

Workshop Presentation (PDF)
Public Workshop Summary (PDF)

Survey (August 2010)

Survey Results Summary (PDF)
Full Survey Results (*Link exits City webpages)

Stakeholder Meetings

Focus Group 1 (February 2011): Common Themes & Meeting Notes (PDF)
Focus Group 2 (May 2011): Draft Goals & Meeting Notes (PDF)
List of Invited Stakeholders (PDF)
(Please Note: If you do not see a Stakeholder on the list that you think should be invited to participate in the Stakeholder Focus Groups please contact Kerry Gray (kgray@a2gov.org) with the name and contact information of the group.

Advisory Committee

Basic Information (What? Who?) (PDF)
Meeting 1 (April 2011):
         Agenda & Presentation (PDF)
         Meeting Notes (PDF)

Meeting 2 (May 2011):
         Agenda & Meeting Materials (PDF)
         Meeting Notes (PDF)

Meeting 3 (June 2011):
         Agenda & Meeting Materials (PDF)
         Meeting Notes (PDF)

Meeting 4 (July 2011)
         Agenda & Meeting Materials (PDF)
         Meeting Notes (PDF)

Meeting 5 (November 2011)
         Agenda & Meeting Materials (PDF)
         Meeting Notes (PDF)

Meeting 6 (December 2011)
Agenda & Meeting Materials (PDF)
Meeting Notes (PDF)

General Materials
Plan Development Schedule
(PDF)
Example Urban Forest Management Plans
(PDF)
Public Engagement Common Themes Chart
(PDF)
Draft Goals (PDF)

Last Update: January 13, 2012