Urban Forest Management Strategy Survey

Thank you for your interest in protecting and managing the Town of White City’s trees! White City’s “urban forest” makes the community special and a place worth living. An urban forest encompasses all the trees that grow within the town, on both public and private property. Cities and towns around the world are working to grow their urban forest by expanding the canopy cover, which means more of the community is shaded by trees. It is well known that urban forests help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, filter and hold storm water, clean air and alleviate smoke from forest and grass fires and numerous other environmental benefits. White City is looking to both increase the canopy cover and the quality of the existing trees in the town.

White City has contracted Davey Resource Group (DRG) to develop plans to protect and enhance our existing trees and plant even more. We would like to see how the community views trees and the ecosystem components around an urban forest. The information gathered will be anonymous and used to help guide the management plan in a direction that best increases the environmental benefits of the urban forest as well as aligns with the goals and views of the community.

We need your ideas and feedback to develop an Urban Forestry Plan and tree code that works for the community. Please complete the following short survey (located in the link below) to share your ideas and opinions on these important efforts.

Survey Length

This survey will take approximately 10 minutes to complete. 

Anonymity and Information Sharing

Your participation in this survey is completely voluntary. If you decide to take part, you can stop the survey at any time. No personal information will be collected. Your answers will be kept anonymous and confidential. The responses you provide will be combined with the responses of other survey participants and individual responses will not be identified. Please do not include personal or identifiable information in the comments, such as your name, email address, phone number, address, etc.

Your survey response is collected through the Town of White City’s Bang the Table / Engagement HQ platform and will be analyzed by the Town of White City. Your responses will remain anonymous. This collection is authorized under The Local Authority Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (LAFOIP Act). If you have any questions about this collection, you can contact the Town of White City Team at townoffice@whitecity.ca.