Vision Statement

City of Lincoln Community Forestry Board Vision Statement as of 2006

The Community Forestry Advisory Board envisions a sustainable, enhanced and productive Community Forest infrastructure during the next 20 years in the City of Lincoln.

To accomplish this vision, the following agenda should be formally adopted and carried out...

• The physical, financial, and human resources within our city government and community shall be fully optimized to effectively sustain and manage our community forest.
• Our community forest will be recognized as a valuable component of Lincoln’s infrastructure for City planning, management and budgetary purposes.
• Lincoln’s community forest will be composed of a thriving and sustainable mix of tree species and ages that creates a contiguous healthy ecosystem.
• All trees on City property will be systematically and proactively maintained according to currently accepted professional standards and on an established schedule.
• Our community forest will be valued and properly cared for by the City and all its citizens as a vital environmental, economic and community asset.
• All management decisions concerning our community forest will be made with full consideration given as to what impact they will have on it.