LET'S CHAT
Las Vegas has also used volunteer field inventory
days to engage community members in
understanding why this resource is important.
Once people go through this type of exercise, they
look at trees, tree care, and tree benefits differently.
These new urban forest advocates then become
allies in showing city officials that their constituents
want greater investment in trees.
THERE'S STRENGTH IN NUMBERS
Since 2012, PlanIT Geo and the TreePlotter Software
Suite have helped organizations advocate for their
urban forest with innovative data, tools, and planning.
If you'd like to have a discussion specific to the needs
and goals of your community,
please reach out today.
Government Leaders
Supporters
A tree inventory provides an abundance of statistics
that urban foresters can use to contextualize their
needs to municipal leaders. Tree inventory software
offers charts, graphs, and data points that allow
urban foresters to ask and answer key questions
with just a few clicks.
For Shannon Atencio, Las Vegas District Forester, a
tree inventory was pivotal in communicating the
tenuous state of Las Vegas'
s urban
forest back in
2020. Many street trees were nearing the critical
point of being a hazard to public safety. This decline
was documented in TreePlotter™ INVENTORY
software to create reports and maps to educate city
council on the condition of public trees.
ANSWER KEY QUESTIONS WITH TREE
INVENTORY SOFTWARE
"In most cases, one is not dealing with biologists
and natural resource specialists [on city council].
Charts
and maps showing risk are a straightforward
tool to show the urgency of the public safety
problem. It also helps leadership understand the
scale of funding required to mitigate the risk."
-Shannon Atencio, New Mexico State Forestry, Las
Vegas District
