Texas Trees Foundation Celebrates the Adoption of the First Dallas Urban Forest Master Plan
The plan was unanimously adopted on June 9 by the Dallas City Council.
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DALLAS, June 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Texas Trees Foundation (TTF) is proud to announce that the first Dallas Urban Forest Master Plan has officially been adopted by the Dallas City Council. This long-term strategic effort is a major milestone for the city and will provide the framework for action steps to maximize the value of our urban forest.
Texas Trees Foundation commends Mayor Eric Johnson and Dallas City Council members Omar Narvaez and Chad West for their leadership and role in developing the UFMP and obtaining unanimous approval from the Dallas City Council.
A New Plan Shows How Badly Dallas Needs To Protect Its Trees
The Dallas Urban Forest Master Plan is here after a couple years in the works.
By Alex Macon
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June 3, 2021
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Dallas has almost 15 million trees, with a tree canopy covering about 32 percent of the city. It’s not enough. Not in a hot climate that’s getting hotter, in a city defined mostly by concrete, where air pollution is a perennial problem and extreme weather events threaten what trees we do have.
That’s why the city’s urban forest an easy way to refer to all the trees in Dallas, from the thickets of the Great Trinity Forest to the live oak near your apartment building is so important. And it’s why the Texas Trees Foundation developed its Dallas Urban Forest Master Plan, which the nonprofit has just released and will formally present to the City Council next week.
/PRNewswire/ The Texas Trees Foundation (TTF) is presenting the completed Dallas Urban Forest Master Plan (UFMP) to the City of Dallas at a press conference.
These Six New Parks Are the Coolest Things in Dallas
OK, not literally. But with outdoor learning areas for students and walking trails for all, they re pretty cool.
By Alex Macon
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May 24, 2021
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why in short: too much concrete, not enough trees and some very specific
where. Among that study’s more alarming details is the fact that some of the hottest parts of Dallas include our medical districts and schools.
“Elementary school campuses are especially hot,” says Samantha Bradley, who manages the Cool Schools program for the Texas Trees Foundation. “Most school grounds have 7 percent canopy coverage and we’re aiming for 30 percent.”