Why Plan for the Urban Forest?
•Road map
•Define the desired outcome of activities
–UF remains sustainable
–Maximize benefits
•Blueprint for future managers to follow
•Focus limited resources
•Improve efficiency, eliminate waste
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| A management plan is like a road map to help get you from where you are to where you would like to be.
| It helps determine how the urban forest will be managed so that it remains sustainable, provides maximum environmental benefits and will perform like what you envision.
| Plans help us to focus on what we need to do next in order to keep moving in a positive direction.
| It provides a skeleton on which your urban forest program can be developed and implemented.
| A plan provides a basis for consistent decision making even after elected officials and public employees leave office.
| An urban forest management plan is a tool for determining budgets.
| It is from good planning that public money and other resources can be budgeted efficiently.