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      • EAB Municipal Management Case Studies
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tamarack leaves in fall

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Pods

The Town Forest Recreation Planning Pods contain all the materials your community will need to engage in town forest recreation planning. The pods are organized around six themes and include guidance documents, instructions, templates, and other materials. 

Town Forest Recreation Planning Pods

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    Existing Conditions & Assessment

    Guidance and resources for creating a community profile, base maps, and assessing the use and condition of existing trails.

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    Public Engagement

    All materials related to engaging community members, and others, in the planning process.

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    Natural Resources

    Resources to understand and map existing natural features and build community capacity for sound decision-making.

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    Plan Development

    Tools needed to distill the community's input and ideas into a vision framework.

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    Implementation

    Resources to help a community get started on the action plan.

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    Town Forest Stories

    Case studies of each of the 10 pilot communities who completed their plans.

New to town forest recreation planning and looking for guidance on the overall planning process? Check out the Step-by-step process below.

Step-by-Step Planning

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