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Managing Natural Areas in
New York City
Please see "Kristy King and NYC
Forest Restoration: Dreaming
Big for the City's Natural
Areas" on the New York State
Urban Forestry Council blog.
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This definition of park natural areas guides our understanding of urban
forest natural areas for the sake of this Roundtable. It's from the City
of Surrey, BC's award-winning Natural Areas Management Plan.
"Park natural areas are defined as parks or areas of parks that are rel-
atively undisturbed, that contain a high percentage of native plant
species, and that provide considerable habitat for indigenous wild-
life. They are natural or near natural in character or are in the pro-
cess of recovery from human disturbance. They help to maintain
the diversity of living organisms through the conservation of wild
genetic resources. Compared to cultured and manicured park areas,
they require less routine and less intensive management activities
to ensure their sustainability; however, they also require active man-
agement due in part to their location within a highly urban setting."
Bonnie View prairie lands in spring,
after regenerative burn. Photo
courtesy of Rick Shaw and the
Missouri Drone Journalism Project
Bonnie View in high summer. Photo courtesy of Columbia Parks and Rec
