City council members adopted the first urban forestry strategic and intervention plan.
Brossard’s municipal council members adopted the first-ever urban forestry strategic and intervention plan at its April 16 meeting. This new tool lays the foundations that will enable the city to define strategies and target priority actions to improve forest cover throughout the territory. At the end of the plan, the city is committed to planting 125,000 trees on its territory, i.e. one tree for every inhabitant.
The urban forestry strategic and intervention plan presents the main characteristics of the brossardoise canopy, as well as listing the strengths, weaknesses and opportunities offered by the territory. It also defines the City’s vision on the subject, and offers an action plan to achieve three (3) main objectives:
- Protect, maintain and enhance existing trees.
- Encourage planting throughout the region.
- Raise awareness, educate and encourage civic participation.
“Brossard is fortunate to have a young and healthy forestry industry, which offers many opportunities. The adoption of our first urban forestry strategic and intervention plan demonstrates our commitment to building a greener, more sustainable future. Its success will be the fruit of work and investment that will, among other things, reduce heat islands and enhance the canopy. The result will be a healthy and enviable living environment for generations to come,” said Mayor Doreen Assaad.
For her part, City Councillor and Chair of the Environment and Sustainable Development Commission, Sophie Allard, thanked the stakeholders involved in drawing up the new plan: “I would like to highlight the invaluable collaboration of the various stakeholders from the City, the public and the industrial, commercial and institutional sectors. It is thanks to everyone’s involvement that we will be able to take concrete action to create a richer, more resilient urban forestry throughout the territory.”
A commemoration on Earth Day
The city plans to take advantage of Earth Day, on Monday April 22, to take action that will confirm its commitment to urban forestry. This symbolic gesture will reflect two of the plan’s objectives: to promote planting throughout the territory and to encourage citizen participation.
