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Playter Urban Forest Management Plan Playter Urban Forest Management Plan Prepared for: the Playter Area Residents Association (PARA) By: Emma Bowley, Antimo Graziano, Nishanth Nattoji, and Suzanne Perry Faculty of Forestry University of Toronto December 2015 Acknowledgments: The Player Urban Forest Management Plan was backed by the Playter Area Residents’ Association (PARA) and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Forestry. The authors would like to individually thank Sandy Smith for her supervision and guidance in preparing this management plan, as well as the members of PARA who supported this project and made the work possible: Anne Ellis, and Alyse Frampton (Co-Chairs of the PARA Urban Forest And Beautification Committee), Rolf Struthers, George Galt, Andrew Nicholson, Joan Pennings, Denis Jugloff, and Alison Forrester. i Executive Summary: The Playter Urban Forest Management Plan will provide the community of Playter with the tools and guidance to work towards creating a larger, healthier, and sustainable urban forest, as well as educate residents and promote stewardship within the area. The plan will inform urban forest management activities spanning from 2016 to 2036; detailed annual operating plans (AOPs) are provided for the first five years, while more general recommendations are included for the remaining fifteen years. The Plan was developed based on the three frameworks proposed by Kenney et al. (2011); they include the vegetation resource, community framework, and resource management. It is recommended the Playter refer to these frameworks throughout the implementation of the Plan in order to monitor progress and inform next steps. The Playter Urban Forest Management Plan addresses five main priorities for the community; i) completing a detailed tree inventory, ii) developing educational resources for residents, iii) securing funding sources, iv) increasing tree planting, and v) adopting proper tree care practices. Creating a partnership with Jackman Avenue Jr. Public School and the possible identification of Heritage Trees in the neighbourhood were also identified as areas of importance to be considered in the future. Each of these topics are described in detail in the Plan, as well as a budget outline. ii Table of Contents 1. Introduction: ........................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Benefits of Urban Forests: ................................................................................................................ 1 1.2 Development of the Playter Urban Forest Management Plan: ..................................................... 2 1.3 Playter Estates History and the Existing Urban Forest: ............................................................... 3 2. Playter Urban Forest Management Plan Priorities: ............................................................................ 6 2.1 Tree Inventory: ................................................................................................................................. 6 2.2 Educational Resources for Residents: ............................................................................................. 9 2.3 Funding Sources: ............................................................................................................................ 10 2.4 Tree Planting: .................................................................................................................................. 12 2.5 Tree Care: ........................................................................................................................................ 14 3. Additional Areas of Importance: ......................................................................................................... 16 3.1 Jackman Avenue Junior Public School: ....................................................................................... 16 3.2 Heritage Trees: ................................................................................................................................ 16 4. Annual Operating Plan (AOP): ........................................................................................................... 18 5. Allocation of Funds and Budget: ......................................................................................................... 20 Works Cited: ............................................................................................................................................. 22 Appendix: .................................................................................................................................................. 24 iii 1. Introduction: 1.1 Benefits of Urban Forests: An urban forest includes all of the privately and publicly owned trees, forests, green space, and related resources within a city or community. Urban forests are extremely valuable as they provide numerous environmental, social, economic, and aesthetic benefits, including the provision of wildlife habitat, reduction of noise pollution, decreased erosion and surface water runoff, carbon sequestration, and air quality improvement (Tilghman, 1987; Nowak and Crane, 2002; Nowak and Dwyer, 2007). The urban canopy can also lead to improved mental and physical health for residents, increased property values, and reduced energy costs by providing shade in the summer and blocking strong winds in the winter (Kuo, 2003; Alexander and McDonald, 2014). All of these benefits increase significantly as trees increase in size and leaf area (Figure 1). The City of Toronto’s urban forest provides residents with 80 million dollars worth of goods and services each year, and is valued at a total of seven billion dollars (Alexander and McDonald, 2014). However, the health and integrity of urban forests are often under pressures from pollution, drought, pests and invasive species, reduced rooting space, and poor tree care. It is therefore imperative that all cities and communities recognize the importance of their Figure 1: The goods and services that an urban tree urban forest network and take an active role provides increases exponentially as a tree grows and leaf area increases. in managing and enhancing it. The City of Toronto (the City) published two documents in 2013 dedicated to describing how to preserve, maintain, and manage their urban forest (Sustaining & Expanding the Urban Forest: Toronto’s Strategic Forest Management Plan, and Every Tree Counts: A Portrait of Toronto’s Urban Forest) The main goals of these publications include increasing overall tree canopy cover, increasing biodiversity and tree species diversity, improving proactive tree care programs, and ongoing public outreach and stewardship promotion. These should also be a key components of the Playter area urban forest management plan in order to achieve the greatest overall outcome for the urban forest in the long term. 1 1.2 Development of the Playter Urban Forest Management Plan: The community of Playter, located in the City’s east end, is dedicated to protecting, maintaining, and enhancing their urban forest network. The urban forest management plan for Playter, developed in partnership between the Playter Area Residents’ Association (PARA) and the University of Toronto Faculty of Forestry, aims to provide a strategic framework for managing the community’s trees while operating within City regulations and keeping in mind priorities of community involvement, education, cost effectiveness, and preservation. The plan will provide management guidelines for a 20 year period. A detailed annual operating plan will be included for the first 5 years, as well as more general strategies for the following 15 years. The plan is set to be implemented beginning in the spring of 2016. The Playter Urban Forest Management Plan was developed using a framework developed by Kenney et al (2011) entitled, Criteria and Indicators for Strategic Urban Forest Planning and Management, which outlines pertinent information for plans in urban settings. The publication describes an extensive list of performance based criteria and indicators that provide valuable guidance in strategic forest management planning, as well as the tools for evaluating success of a plan and areas where more resources should be focused. The paper emphasizes three main aspects of urban forest planning: 1. The Vegetation Resource – This section includes guidance for enhancing canopy cover, age distribution of trees, species diversity, native vegetation, the condition of publically owned trees, and publically own natural areas. 2. The Community Framework – This section emphasizes the need for all members of a community to work together and share responsibilities in managing the urban forest. 3. The Resource Management Approach – This section includes criteria for managing the physical resource, as well as administrative tasks. It is recommended that Playter utilize this framework to evaluate the success of the management plan in achieving its goals overtime. 2 1.3 Playter Estates History and the Existing Urban Forest: Playter Estates is a small neighbourhood located in the east end of the City of Toronto, bordered by Fulton Ave. to the north, Jackman Ave. to the east, Danforth Ave. to the South, and Broadview Ave to the west (Figure 2). While buildings on both sides of Fulton and Jackman Ave. are included in the community, only the north and east sides of Danforth and Broadview Ave. respectively, are included. The Playter community is comprised of residential homes,
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