Green Des Moines Partnership

Resource Limitations on Urban-Forest Management and Maintenance on Public Lands .......................................................23 4. Understanding the Challenge in Context ...............................................................................................................................25 Community Engagement Process ....................................................................................................................................................25 Community Survey .....................................................................................................................................................................25 Open Houses ............................................................................................................................................................................... 26 Small Community Meetings ..................................................................................................................................................... 26 Centering Equity and Diversity ........................................................................................................................................................ 27 Canopy Cover Analysis: Canopy Cover in Relation to Schools ............................................................................................ 29 Canopy-Cover Analysis: Canopy Cover in Relation to Public Housing .............................................................................. 30 5. Meeting the Challenge ...................................................................................................................................................................31 Mission and Vision ..............................................................................................................................................................................31 Outcomes .............................................................................................................................................................................................31 Goals .....................................................................................................................................................................................................31 Partnership Roles and Responsibilities ............................................................................................................................................32 City of Des Moines ......................................................................................................................................................................32 Port of Seattle...............................................................................................................................................................................33 Forterra .........................................................................................................................................................................................33 Highline Public Schools ..............................................................................................................................................................33 Highline College ..........................................................................................................................................................................33 Nonprofit Organizations ............................................................................................................................................................34 Volunteers and the Community at Large .................................................................................................................................34 Commercial and Nonprofit Field Crews ..................................................................................................................................35 Potential Sponsors ......................................................................................................................................................................35 Private Landowners ....................................................................................................................................................................35 6. Assessing the Urban Forest .........................................................................................................................................................37 Part I: Land-Cover Classification ......................................................................................................................................................37 Methods ........................................................................................................................................................................................37 Results ...........................................................................................................................................................................................39 Part II: Parks and Natural Areas Health Assessment ......................................................................................................................39 Tree-iage and the Forest Landscape Assessment Tool .......................................................................................................... 40 Tree-iage Categories ...................................................................................................................................................................41 Tree-iage Matrix ..................................................................................................................................................................................41 Overstory Species ....................................................................................................................................................................... 42 Regenerating Overstory Species ...............................................................................................................................................45 Native Understory Species .........................................................................................................................................................45 Invasive Species ...........................................................................................................................................................................45 Slope ..............................................................................................................................................................................................45 7. Moving Forward – the Next 20 Years ..................................................................................................................................... 46 Field ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 49 Field Objective 1: Begin to halt canopy decline and equitably increase canopy cover. ..................................................... 49 Field Objective 2: Monitor and maintain trees throughout the City of Des Moines. ........................................................ 49 Field Objective 3: Prioritize parks and natural open-space sites. ........................................................................................ 49 Field Objective 4: Prioritize restoration work zones within sites. . ..................................................................................... 50 Field Objective 5: Identify areas that are appropriate for…

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