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City of Tampa Urban and Community Forestry Grant: Toward the Development of a Strategy for Urban Forest Sustainability

Working with the City of Tampa, the goal of this project was to develop initial Strategies for Urban Forest Sustainability and prepare many of the elements necessary to eventually create a comprehensive Urban Forestry Master Plan. Led by the University of South Florida, University of Florida and IFAS Extension Services, vision, goals and strategies were developed through a stakeholder driven, publicly supported process that built upon the results of existing scientific efforts. Efforts included a well attended Mayor’s Symposium on Community Trees and the Urban Forest and a five-month visioning process with the Mayor’s Steering Committee on Urban Forest Sustainability. Recommendations from this process were implemented by the City of Tampa Parks and Recreation Department and included in the Tampa Comprehensive Plan: Building Our Legacy A Livable City adopted in 2009.

Project Results / Publications:

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    Campbell, K., & Landry, S.M. (1999). City of Tampa Urban Ecological Analysis 1975-1996. Tampa, FL: City of Tampa.
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    Andreu, M.G., Friedman, M.H., Landry, S.M., & Northrop, R.J. (2008). City of Tampa Urban Ecological Analysis 2006-2007: Final Report to the City of Tampa, April 24, 2008. Tampa, FL: City of Tampa.
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    Landry, S.M., Andreu, M.G., Friedman, M.H., & Northrop, R.J. (2009). A Report on the City of Tampa's Existing and Possible Urban Tree Canopy. Tampa, FL: City of Tampa.
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    Landry, S.M., Andreu, M.G., Northrop, R.J., & Rhodes, C.C. (2013). City of Tampa 2011 Urban Forest Analysis: The Structure, Composition, Function and Economic Benefits of Trees and the Urban Forest. Final Report to the City of Tampa, September 2013. Tampa, FL: City of Tampa.