Protect More

Strategic Goal 4 - Preserve and enhance local natural biodiversity.

• 4.2: Manage natural areas to enhance biodiversity (i.e., enrichment plant¬ing, retention of wildlife trees and coarse woody debris, uneven distribu¬tion of plantings, proactive management of invasive species to enhance native species, etc.)

Strategic Goal 6 - Improve urban forest health.

• 6.4: Develop and implement an integrated pest management plan encom¬passing insects, disease, and invasive species. The plan should address prevention, control and restoration within City-owned natural areas, and identify budgets and measurable targets for implementation. The plan should address pests on private property and provide the authority and empower the City to control pests on private property as required to en¬sure the overall health of the urban forest.

Maintain Better

Best management practices for reducing the risk of invasive species establishment in newly naturalized areas are highlighted in Strategic Goal 9:

• 9.4: Reduce the area of turf grass in the City through tree planting, with more selective mowing, to reduce costs. Areas with modified mowing require monitoring and management for invasive plants.