Division of Forestry Strategic Direction
Statewide Forest Strategy 2010
Statewide Forest Assessment 2010
Forest Sustainability Framework
Statewide Forest Plan 2004
D1. Trend: Urbanization is increasing.
Comment #: 1
Spend the money on urban greenspace instead of roadsalt.
Comment #: 2
This issue is being addressed by townships/via land use committees.
Comment #: 3
While demand for community green space is rising, so is the demand for Wisconsinites (and others) to own and control their property and green space. This has lead to urban sprawl and less opportunity for communal space.
Comment #: 4
"Urban forest" - now there is an oxymoron.
Comment #: 5
Appropriate zoning and enforcement can address the problem I government has the guts to stand up to developers.
Comment #: 6
Teach people not to want so much stuff and so many services. We need all to live more simply.
Comment #: 7
I don't think they are moving FAST enough to save much of OUR woodlands (Minimal acreage requirements for new construction PLEASE!)
Comment #: 8
Plenty of woods up north.
Comment #: 9
Local ordinance needed.
Comment #: 10
Better land use regulation!
Comment #: 11
Urban forestry needs a larger voice in influencing decisions by DOT and county transportation, utilities, and others that influence taking and using green space.
Comment #: 12
Stop urban sprawl a total waste of resources!!!!
Comment #: 13
This is future
Comment #: 14
Many migratory bird routes pass through cities. This function is critical to the health of Northern forests. More conifers in and around cities would be a useful service.
Comment #: 15
When I was a child living in Minneapolis homeowners were encouraged by property tax incentives to plant boulevard trees - I know, I helped my dad plant a tree! Perhaps this could be expanded for other or more trees. Support from city foresters and/or park depts could also be considered. But, for all our ssakes, developers must plan around trees, not rape the land void of vegetation as they develop!
Comment #: 16
Municipalities hsould spend less time maintaining TURF and mowing right of ways and more time and money planting and maintaining TREES
Comment #: 17
Most maintain these spaces
Comment #: 18
will increase quality of life in urban areas
Comment #: 19
More green space closer to urban areas are needed to keep the masses closer to home. Reduced consumption, congestion, pollution is the by product.
Comment #: 20
Same comment as C12
Comment #: 21
Land use planning is being developed.
Comment #: 22
Our urban areas need forests to be attractive places to live, work, and raise families!!
Comment #: 23
This is important however, regular forestry and urban forestry is related they should be separated financially. If they are that important resources should be developed to secure and maintain that infrastructure.
Comment #: 24
These community needs don't apply to our forests
Comment #: 25
And less pavencent and artificial burns.
Comment #: 26
Use state recreation plan and plan commissions
Comment #: 27
Manage state forests in an ecologically sound and sustainable way. Help provide forestry expertise to urban areas in the protrecton of and restoration of their green spaces.
Comment #: 28
While our urban trees parks and green space are an accepted requisite of all organizaed communities, I wonder if the Term "urban forest" is not an ill chosen term and a poor comparison.
Comment #: 29
It is necessary that the private landowner maintains the green space. It is necessary to provide an incentive to maintain managed forests in developing areas.
Comment #: 30
This is a localized community problem not a statewide forest planning consideration.
Comment #: 31
especially our groundwater contamination and declining levels
Comment #: 32
I am a farmer - so I can't comment on urban isues.
Comment #: 33
We can't study everything.
Comment #: 34
Urban people like to impose their wills on rural people they would not like it if it were the other way around.
Comment #: 35
I do not think this section can be responded to as presented for instance, you list issues whare are not addressed. The section is vague wheredoes the urban forest end and the rural forest begin? What is the urban forst - City of Milwaukee, City of Mequon, Burle, Wisconsin?
Comment #: 36
Priorities: Strip malls vs greenspace local decisions usually influenced by local money. Eg. Green Bay and Paird Creek Parkway = the golden rule = the people with the gold make the rules
Comment #: 37
Urban green spaces are often not properly managed. Too much vegetation removal, too much chemical spraying, etc.
Comment #: 38
They need to get their priorities straight. Urban growth needs to be controlled!
Comment #: 39
But why use the good farm land for housing?
Comment #: 40
All communities: (on their own with educational efforts) must decide what their priorities are.
Comment #: 41
I'm not yet convinced that the DNR's investment in regional urban forests has returned many benefits. What exactly have they accomplished that county extension could not??
Comment #: 42
Aquiring additional green space and preserving what we have is vital.
Comment #: 43
Green space and trees should be part of all management plans, part, parcel and the whole works.
Comment #: 44
I would concentrate the finite energy of the Department on those more rural areas where some degree of 'natural' forest growth is possible.
Comment #: 45
These can best be handled by local control as long as they follow State rules governing wetland and building codes.
Comment #: 46
Fees for mgt. help.
Comment #: 47
City Government should address this issue.
Comment #: 48
A problem for individual communities.
Comment #: 49
Public has to decide what they want more - urban forest or infrastructure. Education and promotion is key to what survives.
Comment #: 50
We must limit our urban sprawl in this country. We must be mandated to build upward instead of outward/sprawl.
Comment #: 51
Retaining Green Space acreage in development plans is a good thing. As a developer myself I support this.
Comment #: 52
Down in Marathon County near Wausau is the nine mile recreational chunk of forest. Very nice area for people around the Wausau area to hunt, hike or get away from the city. Again, us humans have plans on running a 150-foot wide R.O.W. "right-of-way" through it for that power line. We are the biggest threat to the forest more so than the tree diseases, long horned beetles and gypsy moths combined! SAD.
Comment #: 53
Shade is not the only issue; we are losing our sense of place.
Comment #: 54
Urban greenspace planning is a must.
Comment #: 55
This is exactly why we need more land that is UN-urbanized
Comment #: 56
More greenspace preserved.
Comment #: 57
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Comment #: 58
Wisconsin needs to stop sprawl and road building. People need to use public transit. Peole will use it if the big corporations and policitical get out of the way of its development
Comment #: 59
We have the country's 2nd largest city forest in Superior - there are constant efforts to parcel it off
Comment #: 60
Control it - develop unforested land.
Comment #: 61
It is about time cities get going on this. After they cut the forest to build their cities they should not be able to tell foresters that they cannot sustainably harvest timber on public lands.
Comment #: 62
Plant trees in citys, more small neighborhoods all have qualming effects.
Comment #: 63
control population
Comment #: 64
I'm more concerned with the loss of farmland to urbanization. I can't foresee any way to stop it either other than to forbid people to build out there. Confine the towns to High Rises. I don't think that's going to happen. That would be too much restriction of rights.
Comment #: 65
Just TRAIN the urban people how to care for the urban forest. Let their MONEY and LABOR care for the urban forest.
Comment #: 66
Hunting Fishing Licenses Trail Licenses Up guide license fees Up boat license fees based on size of craft - ex. Speedboat great impact than rowboat State must lead the way buying forest land to have fees for usage. 1. All boatlandings should have a fee 2. All state trails hiking, biking, motorized fees 3. All all camping on state land already
Comment #: 67
It would seem that it should be economically feasible to derive some value from urban trees being removed for any reason.
Comment #: 68
Certain SEGMENTS of the population are becoming more urbanized. People do not move to cities to enjoy nature. The country is becoming suburbanized, not urbanized.
Comment #: 69
Save our forest land
Comment #: 70
Maybe the forest plan can somehow help to stop sprawl. We need strong zoning.
Comment #: 71
Where as I believe in green space and urban forests I see no need in including this in the state forest plan.
Comment #: 72
Urban parks are nice, but far from a true outdoor experience
Comment #: 73
Have professional foresters decide what should be done.
Comment #: 74
We need more green areas in our community.
Comment #: 75
Tree mgmt needs more money
Comment #: 76
And then the Dept. of Transportation comes along and either widens the road and cuts the trees or the DOT says there's no homes or businesses there so let's put our bypass/new highway through there - it'll cost less for land acquisition - Bye, Bye urban forst.
Comment #: 77
Support the American Tree Farm System. There will be more individuals growing and cultivating trees at a minimal cost to government.
Comment #: 78
I feel this is more the role of city government than DNR.
Comment #: 79
Housing development on wild forties naturally curtails forest mgmt in favor of acsthetic or passive mgmt. Stronger zoning regulations may be needed to retain forest and production areas.
Comment #: 80
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Comment #: 81
True
Comment #: 82
I don't feel that communities have an awareness of the pressures on their "green space" and in many cases put it's value second to money obtained through development.
Comment #: 83
Low density housing is increasing in rural areas, not urbanization.
Comment #: 84
Low density housing is increasing in rural areas, not urbanization.
Comment #: 85
More and more people are realizing the value of green space and trees in cities ... not a flat out $ value but a relaxing, cooling, enjoyable thing.
Comment #: 86
This deserves attention in the plan but more as a guidance for communities to see what they can do. THis is an excellent use of GIS to help the communities see what they have and will have in the future depending on the what-if scenarios they chose (and visually display this with GIS).
Comment #: 87
The value, management and protection of our urban forests must be addressed here. Here again will be a tool for future smart growth. Division of Forestry urban forestry staff will be key in this planning effort.
Comment #: 88
Whats more important: A clean salted road so you can get to work faster or a healthy, undeveloped, urban forest that city people can visit and wildlife can live and diversity can be protected.
Comment #: 89
Zoning and development restriction needs to be seriously looked at before it is to late.
Comment #: 90
Perform studies on the value of urban forests (there are some federal studies, I believe). Provide State support for street trees, shade trees.
Comment #: 91
landuse planning is becoming more important and needed statewide (my major actually, here at point)
Comment #: 92
This issue should be addressed by the communites that are deciding how to manage their green space
Comment #: 93
This is a local problem solved on a local level.
Comment #: 94
Yes urban forests are an important partof our statwide forest planning efforts....
Comment #: 95
Put a sign near the entrance of each park referencing the cost/benefit.
Comment #: 96
We should limit the boundaries of urbanization and slow down or cease altogether some rezoning projects. Build up, not out... If people can't handle living in close proximaty to others, they ought to consider what impact they make on others, maybe stop producing and consuming.
Comment #: 97
Even if Urbanization is not increasing the quality of our urban forest needs to be addressed. Planting, care and harvesting need to be addressed.
Comment #: 98
Urban foresty should not be allowed to drain agency resources from the much larger issues in non-urban forest management.
Comment #: 99
Look in your own backyard.
Comment #: 100
We need to encourage people to live in cities, rather than sprawl out over the countryside.
Comment #: 101
Honestly don't understand what to respond to here.
Comment #: 102
I'm not sure this is a State Planning Issue. It seems to me that it could be dealt with at the local level with minimal resources at the state level to coordinate activities.
Comment #: 103
Population is growing with the times.
Comment #: 104
I agree on this trend. If urban developement continues, resources will decrease even more than they already have.
Comment #: 105
This should be considered because people should know they need to manage their urban forest
Comment #: 106
#5
Comment #: 107
Provide urban residents with the experience of an undisturbed forest setting.
Comment #: 108
I don't think you have the time and resources to address urban green space in the plan. Do you? This is separate from providing say stewardship funds in special instances to acquire urban green space, like the County Grounds in Milwaukee for example. This latter thing should be done but generalized planning, etc seems to me to be better left to the communities.
Comment #: 109
Urban forests have such extreme benefits that continued study and education in the area is absolutely necessary to insure increased urban forest viability.
Comment #: 110
Developing communities need assistance with this and need to understand the value of urban forests so that land use decisions will favor protecting these areas from the bulldozer.
Comment #: 111
This is up to the community. The State may consult, but should be compensated.
Comment #: 112
It is a local concern.
Comment #: 113
We need to keep more green areas, with everyone selling the farm to make it rich. We need to help the farmer keep in business for many reasons.
Comment #: 114
don't forget transportation issues
Last Revised: Monday July 30 2007
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