20-year Forest Restoration Plan - City of Kirkland

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Figure 5: Tree-iage resultswithin Kirkland’s forestednatural areas30
20-Year Forest Restoration PlanObjective 2:Prioritize ParksTree-iage analysis reveals the dramatic need for forest restorationthroughout Kirkland. More than 60% of the 372 acres willneed some level of restoration. To maximize resources, we willneed to prioritize our efforts to balance high-priority ecologicalsites and sites with volunteer support. We will also seek todistribute restoration efforts evenly across the city to incorporateall neighborhoods.During the first 5 years of the partnership (2008 to 2012),most of our work will focus on parks with high-quality forestand/or interested community volunteers. Within those parks,we will concentrate resources on protecting and maintaininghigh-quality habitat units identified by Tree-iage analysis(Appendix A).To help engage the public in ranking the restoration sites,we have mapped the tree-iage units by neighborhood associationand by park. See Appendix B, Tree-iage Categories byNeighborhood Association. We also held a public meeting andsurveyed the community for where and how to prioritize restoration.The feedback received was exceptional and these ideashave been inserted throughout the document. Many of theseideas will be used to determine goals and objectives for annualrestoration plans. Public feedback indicates that parks thatneed immediate assistance include Watershed Park, Juanita Bay,Kiwanis Park, Crestwoods, Carillon Woods, Forbes Creek andBridle Trails. These parks will be a priority for the next 5 years.See Appendix C for a summary of public comments.In subsequent years, we will use the following decisiontree to determine which parks will be a priority for restoration(Figure 6).Figure 6: Decision tree for prioritizing restoration workHigh quality forestednatural area ~ acrein size?N(See Tree-iage)*YVolunteer interest?(Currently active orexpressed interestin forming?)YNNot a restorationpriority site at thistime, increase communityoutreach andeducationCritical Area?(wetland, fishbearing stream,hazard slope, etc)YNRecruit volunteers,provide staff or paidcrew supportRequire permits,planting plan, etc?NYWork with other city departmentsto create a restorationplan for permit process; identifywhere crews or volunteers areappropriate*In the early stages of the program, we will begin prioritizingrestoration with ecological values first and add volunteervalues as they arise with time and program development.31
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