Forestry

Smart Forestry for Smart Growth

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Planner's Toolbox - Smart Forestry for Smart Growth

Planning Overview

Wondering how to address forest issues within each section of your comprehensive plan? The Planning Section of the Toolbox allows you to plan by planning elements or by forest issues that may be important to your community. Each element and issue has specific model implementation language to develop goals, objectives, and policies that address forestry for that specific issue or element.

Colorful Trees

Plan By Element
Click on Plan by Element to learn how to incorporate forests and forestry into the required planning elements of your comprehensive plan. Tools in this section include model implementation language specific to each element to help you develop goals, objectives, and policies that address forestry as well as sample goals, objectives, and policies that can serve as examples. Links to forest issues to consider within specific elements are also given as well as statutory language that clearly explains what each element should address.
Trees and Water

Plan By Issue
Click on Plan by Issue to identify how important forestry issues affecting WI might affect your community as well. A tool in this section is model implementation language specific to each forest issue to help you develop goals, objectives, and policies that address issues important to your community. Once an issue has been identified as important, links direct you to the elements that can most effectively address the issue. A link to additional forestry trends and issues facing Wisconsin's Forests can also be explored for a more extensive list of issues that might impact your community.
Last Revised: Monday, July 30, 2007