Hooray for Urban Forestry Program - Scenario D!

I urge the city to go with Scenario D in the report which would include the Program in a new Office of Environment and Sustainability. It is the only option that would give us an Independent Urban Forester with sufficient authority to protect our trees. It would not work for the Program to be buried within PRD, or even DPW and certainly not CDP. It may require more effort to set up a new office but will save in the long run. Scenario D would eliminate redundancies across departments and make it easier to identify, budget for and, yes, reduce future expenses (thanks to better planning and preventative measures). It is the best scenario because it is the most effective and efficient scenario. As stated on page 67, “The health of the urban forest is directly linked to the health of the region” and we need to care for it as much as we need to care for ourselves.