Welcome!
The Town of Mahone Bay is developing an Urban Forest Management Plan.
Community engagement has begun and and data collection is well underway.
Link to public Tree Inventory map: ca.pg-cloud.com/mahonebayns/
Want to get involved?
Contact Lauren Clark, Climate & Energy Program Manager at [email protected]
What is the Urban Forest?
https://cities4forests.com/
"Urban forest" simply describes trees within an urban context, which includes both municipally owned and privately owned trees. In Mahone Bay we have our own (more rural) version of urban forest. These trees in our urban center are a natural asset that hold economic value and provide many benefits to us as individuals and to the municipality. Increasing our commitment to managing our urban forest can help to reduce run-off, prevent coastal erosion, help reduce atmospheric carbon, cut energy costs by providing our town with shade and wind-barriers, plus the benefits of added oxygen, tourism, and even food.
Resources
- treecanada.ca/resources/canadian-urban-forest- compendium/
- ufmptoolkit.net/
- www.halifaxtreeproject.com/
- www.inaturalist.org/guides/3747
- ufmptoolkit.net/
- www.halifaxtreeproject.com/
- www.inaturalist.org/guides/3747
Interactive Tree Inventory Map
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Join the Town of Mahone Bay in doing an inventory of our trees!
Create an account, log in, and start adding your trees! We need your help in figuring out how many trees we have within the town, where they are, and which species. This map will help us to ensure that our negative impacts on the environment are reduced. Help us limit canopy cover loss, replace trees that die off or are cut down, and identify areas where new trees can be planted. |
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Urban Forest Engagement Session - 2023
An event on August 16th showed our progress in mapping the urban forest using our new map. Town staff explained how residents can get involved with data collection. Local natural assets, the benefits of the urban forest, and our plans to develop an Urban Forest Management Plan were discussed.
Tree Identification Event - 2023
Thanks everyone who joined us for our tour of the native trees on April 11th that you can find here in Mahone Bay. Participants tested their identification skills using our Tree Inventory Map.
We started off in Jubilee Park and walked to Bayview Cemetery while highlighting the benefits of the urban forest.
We started off in Jubilee Park and walked to Bayview Cemetery while highlighting the benefits of the urban forest.
Natural Assets Engagement Session - 2023
Thank you to everyone who joined us at our May 31st Natural Assets Engagement Session!
With guest speaker Dr. Peter Duinker, this session introduced our plans of developing an Urban Forest Management Plan and fostered discussion on the value of trees and other natural assets in the Town of Mahone Bay (wetlands, waterways, shoreline). Our Natural Assets Intern is working on the data collection of our natural assets this summer and helping residents to record their trees using the public map.
With guest speaker Dr. Peter Duinker, this session introduced our plans of developing an Urban Forest Management Plan and fostered discussion on the value of trees and other natural assets in the Town of Mahone Bay (wetlands, waterways, shoreline). Our Natural Assets Intern is working on the data collection of our natural assets this summer and helping residents to record their trees using the public map.
If you are interested in volunteering or getting involved through donation contact
Lauren Clark, Climate & Energy Program Manager at [email protected].
Lauren Clark, Climate & Energy Program Manager at [email protected].