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Management Plans
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Management Plans

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A comprehensive plan for parks and recreation in Billings, Montana

This plan for parks and recreation in Billings, Montana, is based on community feedback, helping to identify a vision and overarching direction for parks and recreation opportunities for citizens for the next 15 years. As a result of the community v...

Forest Management Framework for New York City

NYC’s forested natural areas provide important benefits to the city including high-quality recreation, enhanced biodiversity, and improved air and water quality. The Natural Areas Conservancy (NAC) and the New York City Department of Parks and Recre...

The Butler Trail at Lady Bird Lake Urban Forestry and Natural Area Management Guides

This report, focused on the green and blue heart of Austin, Texas, was commissioned to proactively look at opportunities and issues to improve natural areas over the next four years, with an explicit focus on natural areas' health. Suggested recomme...

The 2019 Baltimore Sustainability Plan

This plan serves as an update to the 2009 Baltimore Sustainability Plan . The 2009 Baltimore Sustainability Plan was a successful umbrella document, providing a citywide vision complete with strategies, actions, and metrics. The 2009 Plan had seven...

Miami-Dade County's Management Plan for the Richmond Pine Rocklands

This second edition of Miami-Dade County’s Management Plan for the Richmond Pine Rocklands was completed 24 years after the first edition (DERM 1994). Since that edition, there have been many new ecological discoveries, new laws, changing landowners...

Green Seattle Partnership Strategic Plan 2017

In 2005, the Green Seattle Partnership (GSP) began an effort to restore 2,500 acres of Seattle’s forestland. At the time it was one of the largest restoration projects in the nation. With an overarching objective to foster a healthy urban ecosystem,...

Forest Preserves of Cook County Natural and Cultural Master Plan

The Forest Preserves of Cook County (FPCC) is the largest preserve in the United States and encompasses almost 69,000 acres, of which almost 50,000 acres are natural lands in Cook County, Illinois. The forest preserves are home to distinct plant com...

Houston Area Urban Forests Regional Framework

The Houston Area Urban Forests framework outlines shared goals and objectives between three urban counties, recommended strategies and projects, and available resources to meet them.  Representing local, state and federal governments, private fores...

Land Stewardship: Protecting Indianapolis's Natural Areas

The Office of Land Stewardship, housed within the Department of Public Works at the City of Indianapolis, manages approximately 1600 acres of natural areas across 37 properties, plus green infrastructure installations that filter stormwater runoff. ...

New York City Strategic Trails Plan

New York City supports 350 miles of trails for residents and visitors, connecting people to the 10,000 acres of natural areas within city parks. The New York City Strategic Trails Plan, building off the data collected for the Forest Management Fram...

Baltimore City's Gwynns Falls/Leakin Park Forest Management Plan

Baltimore City, in partnership with consultants, developed a forest management plan for the approximately 1,200 total acres of Gwynns Falls/ Leakin Park (GFLP) located along the western edge of the city. The purpose of this plan is to guide the City...

City of Boise Reserves Management Plan

The City of Boise manages about 4,000 acres of natural and open space, and about 40 miles of trails throughout. Habitats range from riparian zones, grassland, and alpine forests. This open space management plan lays out the management principles, go...

Minneapolis Natural Areas Plan: Assessment and Management Recommendations

The city of Minneapolis created the Natural Areas Plan to describe a holistic approach to managing city's the natural areas through system-wide planning and administration to secure and deploy funds, staff, and equipment.  In a nutshell, this resou...

Minneapolis Natural Areas Plan - Phase II

The MPRB Natural Areas Plan summarizes the park system’s natural resources at a high level, lays out methods and strategies to manage natural areas, and describes a strategic approach that embraces holistic, system-wide planning and administration t...
The Forests in Cities Network is a national network dedicated to promoting and advancing healthy forested natural areas in cities across America through science, management, partnerships, and communications. The Forests in Cities Network was created in 2019 by the Natural Areas Conservancy.
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