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Dept. wants forestry plan on fast track
By: Will Reisman
Examiner Staff Writer
07/27/09 9:00 AM PDT
Could San Francisco's Urban Forest be the key to The City's fiscal and mental stability?
That’s the message the Department of the Environment is trying to convey in urging the completion of The City’s oft-delayed Urban Forest Plan.
On Tuesday, the Environment Commission will vote on a resolution asking the Planning Department to make a priority of finishing The City’s long-term outline on maintaining urban green spaces, a project that has been halted recently due to budget constraints.
Trees increase revenues in shopping district by 12 percent, The City’s urban forest has a structural value of $1.7 billion, and San Francisco’s green spaces provide $4.4 million in hydrological benefits, according to the Department of the Environment.
The Planning Department received $200,000 to hire consultants to tweak The City’s existing Urban Forest Plan. But so far no work has been completed on the project, which was created to set a blueprint for future forestry designs in San Francisco.
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