Lakewood Urban Forestry Implementation Guide
Jun 1, 2023
This report provides the City of Lakewood with an urban forestry program implementation guide to meet its 2021 climate plan goals of expanding tree canopy cover from 26% to 40% by 2050 and developing an urban forest management plan.
University of Washington Evans School
The City of Lakewood updated the Energy and Climate Change Chapter (ECCC) of its Comprehensive Plan in 2021. The ECCC outlines specific goals and tasks to address climate change impacts, energy use, and greenhouse gas emissions. The city’s ECCC update includes two main urban forestry goals: (1) increasing Lakewood’s urban tree canopy cover from 26% to 40% by 2050 and (2) developing and promoting an urban forest management plan in the near-term (i.e., beginning between 2021 and 2025). This report provides an urban forestry program (UFP) implementation guide for the City of Lakewood.
