Planning the Urban Forest (CM I 6)

“Planning the Urban Forest” is a hands-on training workshop for professional planners on integrating best practices in urban forest protection and development into the planning process. It will introduce participants to concepts of the urban forest and how planners and allied professionals can quantify its benefits in social, environmental, economic, and other terms. The workshop will use interactive group exercises to discuss how such data can help influence elected and appointed decision makers faced with significant development decisions, as well as help planners make best use of opportunities to improve the urban environment. It will review a series of general, planning, and design principles for planning the urban forest and conclude with an exercise on forging the strategic partnerships that will advance urban forestry planning goals.

Speakers are David Rouse, RLA, AICP, Principal, Wallace Roberts & Todd, LLC and Robert J. Laverne, Manager of Education and Training, Davey Tree Expert Company

The workshop is part of a larger cooperative agreement between APA and the U.S. Forest Service. For additional details please visit www.planning.org/research/forestry