Resources
The City is updating its Urban Forest Management Plan (UFMP).
- Draft 2020 Urban Forest Management Plan
- Draft 2020 UFMP Executive Summary
- UFMP update presentation
Public comment is now closed. We received 165 responses to the online comment form (89 of them with details) and 11 emails with detailed input. Below is the raw data comment received:
- Detailed input provided via the online comment form.
- Public comment provided via email through December 15, 2020
- Urban Forestry Commission letter of recommendation on the UFMP update (December 9, 2020)
- The City's urban forestry team produced a summary of the public input received, including initial recommendations to City leadership on how to incorporate public input into the next iteration of the plan.
2009 City Auditor Report on Management of City Trees
Supporting documents:
- 2011 City Auditor's Final Report (see actions #163 through #175 on pages 26-30)
- 2016 Mayoral Directive on new urban forestry coordination structure to enhance urban forestry services (10-14-16)
- 2018 Trees for Seattle Core Team Charter
- 2021 City Council's Statement of Legislative Intent on urban forestry consolidation (SLI-MO-001-A-002)
2016 Canopy Cover Assessment
- GIS canopy cover layers
Director's Rule 16-2008 on Exceptional Trees
Draft 2020 Urban Forest Management Plan
Draft Tree Regulations Ordinance ORD D7
Find it, Fix it - Service Request Mobile App
(you can report tree removals under the 'Other' category)
File a complaint with the Seattle Department of Construction and Inspections (SDCI) for suspected tree code violations on private property:
- Call the SDCI's Code Compliance group at (206) 615-0808 - Monday, Thursday, and Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Tuesday and Wednesday from 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
- File a complaint online
Forest Health Watch project presentation
Green Seattle Partnership SLI response to Council (9-29-20)
Email for general support for tree-related questions/issues (OSE): TreesForSeattle@seattle.gov
Healthy trees : Healthy City - presentation by Kathleen Wolf, PhD, UW Research Social Scientist
Interim Tree Protection Ordinance
King County Million Trees Campaign
PLUZ Committee December 18 meeting video
Resolution 31902 (Strategies to protect trees - 2019)
SDOT service numbers:
- To report sidewalks uplifts: (206) 386-1218 (24/7 dispatch line for imminent needs)
- Tree related issues: (206) 684-TREE (7733) (message-only line)
- Street maintenance request form
SPR SLI SPR6A2: Progress report from SPR on Green Seattle Partnership Program
Street Tree Manual
Seattle's Forest Ecosystem Values Report (2012)
TreePAC 2019 City Council candidates questionnaires
Trees for Seattle Street Tree Story Map
Tree Protection Regulations in Seattle (TIP 242)
Tree Protection Executive Order 2017-11
Tree Regulations Research Project Phase I Final Report(9/27/16)
Tree Regulations Research Project Phase II Final Report (3/31/17)
Two for One Tree Replacement Executive Order 03-05
Urban forestry coordination to enhance services
University of Washington Brokman Memorial Tree Tour
Tree Protection Ordinance Update
2019 UFC version of the Tree and Urban Forest Protection Ordinance - Per City Council Request
Adopted Tree Regulations One-Pager
Residents' emails with comments/input though:
- July 25, 2019
- August 7, 2019
- August 25, 2019
- September 3, 2019
- September 11, 2019
- September 19, 2019
- October 1, 2019
- October 9, 2019
- October 30, 2019
- November 7, 2019
- November 14, 2019
- December 5, 2019
- December 17, 2019
- January 13, 2020
- February 1, 2020
- February 17, 2020
- March 4, 2020
- March 19, 2020
- April 7, 2020
- May 6, 2020
- June 2, 2020
- July 16,2020
- August 3, 2020
- August 6, 2020 (Majority of public comment is related to SDCI's Draft Director's Rule 13-2020)
- August 13, 2020 (Majority of public comment is related to SDCI's Draft Director's Rule 13-2020)
- August 15, 2020 (Majority of public comment is related to SDCI's Draft Director's Rule 13-2020)
- August 17, 2020 (Majority of public comment is related to SDCI's Draft Director's Rule 13-2020)
- September 3, 2020
- September 16, 2020
- October 8, 2020
- November 4, 2020
- December 10, 2020
- January 14, 2021
- February 22, 2021
- May 20, 2021
NOTE: If you would like to comment on the tree regulations update, please send an email to Sandra.PintoUrrutia@Seattle.gov.