Management Plans

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The purpose of the urban forest strategic plan and management plan is to establish focus and direction for the urban forest program.  They provide the framework for implementing the  program and the basis for consistent decision making.  The plans also are a tool for helping to establish budgetary needs.

Planning occurs at various levels.  The broadest level is the strategic or comprehensive plan.  This long-range or master plan helps to establish the overall goals of the communities urban forestry program.  With input from a wide spectrum of citizens, non-governmental organizations, businesses, and government, this blueprint lays out the program's adminstration and management, and integrates it with other comprehensive community plans.

Urban forest management plans are the "nuts and bolts" of the community's tree program field operations and are usually tied to detailed tree inventory data.  The plan identifies tree maintenance and stocking needs within the community.

This section houses various strategic and management plans from communities around the nation in hopes of helping those communities that do not have plans better understand their own needs.  It is highly recommended that communities seek the advice and assistance of a reputable arborist during the pre-planning and planning stages.

Draft FY 2008-2013 Strategic Plan for Tulsa Tree Advisory Committee

The Tulsa Tree Oversight Committee began development of a Balanced Scorecard (BSC) Strategic Plan in May 2006 and completed the plan in December 2006
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