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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…

Resource Limitations on Urban Forest Management and Maintenance on Public Lands ....................................................... 22 4. Understanding the Challenge in Context ...............................................................................................................................23 Community Engagement Process ....................................................................................................................................................23 Community Survey .....................................................................................................................................................................23 Open Houses ............................................................................................................................................................................... 24 Small Community Meetings ......................................................................................................................................................25 Centering Equity and Diversity .........................................................................................................................................................25 Canopy-Cover Analysis: Canopy Cover in Relation to Schools ........................................................................................... 26 Canopy-Cover Analysis: Canopy Cover in Relation to Public Housing .............................................................................. 26 5. Meeting the Challenge .................................................................................................................................................................. 30 Current Green SeaTac Partnership Members ................................................................................................................................ 30 City of SeaTac .............................................................................................................................................................................. 30 Parks, Community Programs and Services ..................................................................................................................... 30 Port of Seattle.............................................................................................................................................................................. 30 TABLE OF CONTENTS Forterra ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 30 Volunteers and the Community at Large .................................................................................................................................31 Potential Sponsors ..............................................................................................................................................................................31 6. Assessing the Urban Forest .........................................................................................................................................................32 Part I: Land-Cover Classification and Canopy-Cover Analysis ....................................................................................................32 Methods ........................................................................................................................................................................................32 Results ...........................................................................................................................................................................................34 Part II: Parks and Natural Areas Health Assessment ......................................................................................................................34 Methods ........................................................................................................................................................................................34 Tree-iage and the Forest Landscape Assessment Tool ...................................................................................................35 Tree-iage Categories ...........................................................................................................................................................37 Results ...........................................................................................................................................................................................38 Tree-iage Matrix ..................................................................................................................................................................38 Overstory Species ................................................................................................................................................................38 Regenerating Overstory Species .......................................................................................................................................38 Native Understory Species .................................................................................................................................................38 Invasive Species ...................................................................................................................................................................38 Slope ......................................................................................................................................................................................41 7. Moving Forward ............................................................................................................................................................................... 42 Field ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 42 Field Recommendation 1: Begin to equitably increase canopy cover .................................................................................. 42 Field Recommendation 2: Monitor and maintain trees throughout the City of SeaTac ................................................... 42 Field Recommendation 3: Prioritize parks and natural open-space sites ........................................................................... 42 Field Recommendation 4: Prioritize restoration work zones within sites ......................................................................... 42 Field Recommendation 5: Identify areas that are appropriate for professional crew intervention .................................43 Field Recommendation 6: Implement best practices in restoration and stewardship on all project sites .....................43…

The Airport Community Ecology (ACE) Fund, authorized by the Port of Seattle Commission in November 2016, recognizes that neighboring communities that experience more impacts from airport operations should also experience more benefits. The Port of Seattle provided seed funding to launch the Green Burien Partnership, a partnership between the Port, the City of Burien, and Forterra to evaluate the health of Burien’s urban forests and take action. Burien now joins Seattle, Tacoma, Snoqualmie, Kent, Redmond, Snohomish County, Kirkland, Everett, Puyallup, Tukwila, Issaquah, Shoreline, Des Moines, and SeaTac as members of the Green Cities Network. These 15 Green Cities in the Puget Sound region represent three counties (King, Pierce, and Snohomish), collectively serve over 3 million people, and aim to restore and steward more than 13,000 acres of land. As part of this robust network of resources and expertise, the Green Burien Partnership will help ensure a livable and healthy community. Forterra Ali Yeates Lakehart, Green Cities Senior Program Manager Christopher Walter, GIS Director Joanna Nelson de Flores, Stewardship Director Jessica Vu, Project Associate City of Burien Niomi Montes de Oca, City Planner Brandi Eyerly, City Planner Casey Stanley, Interim Director Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services Emily Inlow-Hood, Communications Port of Seattle Andy Gregory, Environmental Engagement Program Manager American Forest Management Jesse Saunders, Inventory Forester Global to Local Justin DeVine, Illustration and Graphic Design Diane Sepanski, Copy Editor ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Photo: Edward Landreth Forterra..........................................................................................................................................................................................34 Highline Public Schools...............................................................................................................................................................34 Nonprofit Organizations.............................................................................................................................................................34 Volunteers and the Community at Large..................................................................................................................................35 Commercial and Nonprofit Field Crews...................................................................................................................................35 Potential Sponsors.......................................................................................................................................................................36…

Andy Gregory, Port of Seattle Joanna Nelson des Flores, Forterra Gabbi Gonzales, City of Burien Ngam Nguyen, Partner in Employment

Fact sheet describing the Green Cities Partnership funded by the Port of Seattle to support urban forest restoration in SeaTac, Burien and Des Moines. The project includes forest assessment, community engagement, and implementation of Forest Steward and Neighborhood Tree programs.