Sustainable Urban Forest Management Plan
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Urban Forest Strategic Management Plan Trinity Bellwoods Park Strategic Urban Forest Management Plan 20-Year Strategic Urban Forest Management Plan Trinity Bellwoods Park Presented to: Friends of Trinity Bellwoods Park & The City of Toronto January 2010 Management plan presented by: The Trinity Tree Team Brian Volz Annie McKenzie Caroline Booth Mike Halferty Masters of Forest Conservation University of Toronto Trinity Tree Team, University of Toronto ii Strategic Urban Forest Management Plan Acknowledgements The Trinity Tree Team would like to think the Friends of Trinity Bellwoods Park, in particular Anna Hill and Victoria Taylor, for welcoming us to their community meeting and sharing with us their interests for the park. Thanks to Councilor Joe Pantalone and his staff for helping us visualize the “bigger picture” for the park in an ecological sense. Thank you to City of Toronto Parks Planning, in particular Richard Ubbens, Patricia Landry and Gary Short, for providing us with information on past and planned works in the park. Thanks to Philip van Wassenaer from Urban Forest Innovations for his advice on tree risk management, and to our classmates (MFCs ‘08) for their camaraderie and support throughout the programme. And finally, a special thanks to Dr. Andy Kenney for sharing with us his exceptional knowledge of the urban forest and for his guidance throughout this project. Trinity Tree Team, University of Toronto iii Strategic Urban Forest Management Plan Table of Contents 1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 6 1.1 Context of the Plan ........................................................................................................... 6 1.2 Goals and Objectives ........................................................................................................ 6 1.3 Structure of the Plan ......................................................................................................... 7 2 History of the Park .................................................................................................................. 7 3 Ecological Context .................................................................................................................. 9 4 Community Context .............................................................................................................. 11 5 Policy Context ....................................................................................................................... 13 5.1 City of Toronto Official Plan ......................................................................................... 14 5.2 Toronto Municipal Code ................................................................................................ 15 5.2.1 Parks Bylaw (Chapter 608) ..................................................................................... 15 5.2.2 Ravine and Natural Feature Protection By-law (Chapter 658) ............................... 16 5.3 Our Common Grounds ................................................................................................... 17 5.4 Trees Across Toronto programmeme ............................................................................. 17 6 Strategic Plan ........................................................................................................................ 18 6.1 Tree Establishment Plan ................................................................................................. 18 6.1.1 Forest Structure ....................................................................................................... 18 6.1.2 Tree Habitat Requirements ..................................................................................... 22 6.1.3 Tree Establishment Plan ......................................................................................... 22 6.1.4 Species selection ..................................................................................................... 23 6.1.5 Planting location ..................................................................................................... 24 6.1.6 Nursery Stock Availability and Planting Guidelines .............................................. 26 6.1.7 Arboretum ............................................................................................................... 27 6.2 Plant Health Care Plan ................................................................................................... 27 6.3 Invasive species plan ...................................................................................................... 29 6.4 Pruning Plan ................................................................................................................... 30 6.4.1 Recommendations ................................................................................................... 32 6.5 Tree Risk Management Plan .......................................................................................... 33 6.6 Outreach and Education Plan ......................................................................................... 37 6.6.1 Objectives: .............................................................................................................. 37 6.6.2 Outreach and Education .......................................................................................... 38 6.6.3 Tree Tours ............................................................................................................... 39 Heritage Trees ....................................................................................................................... 40 7 Inventory Maintenance ......................................................................................................... 41 8 Management Plans ................................................................................................................ 42 8.1 (2010-2014) .................................................................................................................... 42 8.1.1 Tree Establishment.................................................................................................. 42 8.1.2 Plant Health Care .................................................................................................... 44 8.1.3 Pruning .................................................................................................................... 45 8.1.4 Tree Risk Management ........................................................................................... 45 8.1.5 Outreach and Education .......................................................................................... 45 8.2 (2015-2019) .................................................................................................................... 46 8.2.1 Tree Establishment.................................................................................................. 46 8.2.2 Plant Health Care .................................................................................................... 47 Trinity Tree Team, University of Toronto Page 4 Strategic Urban Forest Management Plan 8.2.3 Pruning .................................................................................................................... 48 8.2.4 Tree Risk Management ........................................................................................... 48 8.2.5 Outreach and Education .......................................................................................... 48 8.3 (2020-2024) .................................................................................................................... 49 8.3.1 Tree Establishment.................................................................................................. 49 8.3.2 Plant Health Care .................................................................................................... 50 8.3.3 Pruning .................................................................................................................... 50 8.3.4 Tree Risk Management ........................................................................................... 51 8.3.5 Outreach and Education .......................................................................................... 51 8.4 (2025-2029) .................................................................................................................... 52 8.4.1 Tree Establishment.................................................................................................. 52 8.4.2 Plant Health Care .................................................................................................... 52 8.4.3 Pruning .................................................................................................................... 52 8.4.4 Tree Risk Management ........................................................................................... 53 8.4.5 Outreach and Education .......................................................................................... 53 9 First Annual Operating Plan ................................................................................................. 54 9.1.1 Tree Establishment.................................................................................................. 54 9.1.2 Plant Health Care .................................................................................................... 55 9.1.3 Pruning ...................................................................................................................