Urban Forest Management Plan
Toolkit

Your compiled draft plan may be circulated to staff or advisory groups for review and comment. Especially if the final document is long, you need to provide the reviewers enough time to look over the plan. You can also ask reviewers to evaluate only sections that will be of particular interest to them or match their specific expertise.

Reviewers should check to see that the plan is internally consistent. As the plan undergoes multiple revisions, it can be difficult to ensure that all related sections are updated to reflect each change. Policy-related sections should be checked by those that will need to implement and enforce policies to ensure that the approaches considered are feasible. If you have made an effort to involve these people throughout plan development, most editorial changes should be minor.

City and county plans are also presented to the public for review and comment. The draft plan may be made available for public review online, at city or county offices, or at local libraries. The draft plan is usually presented at one or more public meetings. These may be public meetings of a city/county committee or commission, or special meetings called specifically to present the plan. If adequate efforts have been made to inform and get input from the public throughout the plan development process, these public meetings should be uneventful. However, issues may be raised that will need to be addressed in the plan in some way.