Advise and plan to help the
Urban Forest Advisory Committee craft a strategy for a better Dallas
urban forest. Committee meetings are open to the public and occur the
first Tuesday of each month at 4:00 PM in the Park Board Meeting room,
Suite 6FN of the Dallas City Hall. Volunteers, advisors and advocates
are welcomed to participate in any activity.
Initiatives and planned actions of the Committee are recorded in
meeting minutes and posted after they are approved. Team leaders
assist volunteers in accomplishing many varied tasks as well as planned
projects. If you have concerns or
wish to contact the committee, please send your feedback by email or
postal letter using the contact information at the bottom of the page.
We look forward to your comments.
Guests are often welcomed to present comments for Committee
consideration and action. Please contact us if you have questions or
wish to participate.
Background:
City of Dallas
Tree Ordinance
Dallas
Municipal Goverment
The
Trinity Comprehensive Plan / Trinity Corridor Project
Dallas Parks &
Recreation
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News Flash
 Proposed Tree Ordinance Changes to Be Unveiled at
June 15 Public
Hearing
Draft Tree Ordinance
Recommendations.
Proposed Tree Mitigation Matrix (Addendum to Tree
Ordinance
Recommendations)
UFAC's 5-year Strategic Plan for
Dallas
Responses
Read some of the responses we have received regarding our
recommended changes to the city tree ordinance:
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Committee Members
In part, some Committee members are appointed by the Mayor,
however a much larger portion is comprised of all volunteers
many of which serve on a critical area team. These teams
include:
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Public
Relations and Media
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Wood Waste and
Recycling
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Citizen
Foresters
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Tree Planting
and Transplanting
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Tree/Forest
Management
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Forest Surveys,
Inventory and Tracking
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Land Planning,
Development and City Codes
The
Committee welcomes your participation as a leader, planner or
expert advisor. Working teams need your help now to plan and
implement activities.
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Appointed Committee Members and Contact
Information
Councilmember David A. Neumann, District 3,
Chairperson,
Trinity River Corridor Project Committee
Office: 214-670-0776, E-mail:
Mayor Pro Tem Elba Garcia, District 1, Vice
Chairperson,
Trinity River Corridor Project Committee
Office: 214-670-4052, E-mail:
Councilmember Pauline Medrano, District 2,
Chairperson,
Quality of Life and Government Services Committee
Office: 214-670-4048, E-mail:
Chris Heinbaugh, Chief of Staff to Mayor Leppert
Office: 214-670-4054, E-mail:
Paula Blackmon, Deputy Chief of Staff to Mayor Leppert
Office: 214-670-4054, E-mail:
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City of Dallas Liaisons
Michael Hellmann, Senior Park Planner, Degreed
Forester
Dallas Park and Recreation Department
Phil Erwin, Chief Arborist, Development Services,
Degreed Forester, ISA Certified Arborist; Dallas Park and
Recreation Department
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The Mayor's Office, City of Dallas
2008, Final Annual
Report to Mayor Leppert
In a strong showing of support for trees, the attached
memo from Mayor Leppert
respectfully requests that city officials seek advice or a
position from the committee on all tree and urban ecosystem
affairs
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Current Plan and Work Items
Trees and Air Quality
Trinity Forest Management Plan (Final)
Regional Urban Forestry Outlook
Vision for North Texas
- a growth initiative in North Texas.
A regional Integrated Tree & Forest Management program is a
possibility in the Vision for North Texas partnership plan.
The North
Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG) is looking
to be the facilitator of the over-all VNT initiative.
Vision North
Texas Holds Workshop to Review DFW Growth (Note:
Steve Houser, ex-officio Dallas Urban Forest Advisory Committee Chair,
is a VNT Advisor.)
FY 2009 Forest Service Budget
Recommendations
Invest in Urban Forests for Healthier Cities, Sustainable
Urban Forests Coalition
Vision North Texas Regional
Summit 2008 - Register
Tuesday, December 9, 2008, Arlington, Texas
Current Developments
Texas Trees
Foundation, Urban Renewal & NCDC Imaging Design More Focused
Tree Planting Model
Research
Advancement of research regarding photochemical modeling
of the urban forest will guide our future efforts, such as
the recent efforts in Sacramento.
The latest news on this project is summarized in the
following Dallas Morning News story, "Dallas
Committee Studying How Trees Grow Money"
The current Vision North Texas, Regional Choices for North
Texas reports that “Forests, both upland and bottomland
combined, cover about 28% of the area while emergent
wetlands and open water cover about 2 percent and 3 percent
respectively”.
Vision North Texas released the “Regional
Choices” report [56
Mb PDF file] which is an incredible compilation
of data including the Dallas Heat Island Effect maps (just
released), local landfill life expectancy map, impervious
cover map and it notes that the DFW carbon footprint is the
size of the entire state of New Mexico. Urban forestry is
making great strides on the regional level and the report
notes some of the committee's` objectives including the need
for tree inventory baseline data. The website includes the
report but downloading the entire report may take time due
to its size:
www.visionnorthtexas.org .
The Sustainable Skyline Conference March 2009 added a new
session that includes Dr. Fang Qiu, Associate Professor of
GIS and Remote Sensing Geospatial Information Sciences,
presenting our research pilot project and Mrs. Karen Walz,
Project Manager for Vision North Texas discussing how we can
work together to achieve sustainability plus how the urban
forest fits into our regional goals for 2050. (Topical
Presentations from the conference.)
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