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How to use the UFMP Toolkit web site
The UFMP Toolkit web site provides an overall roadmap to help you and your project team develop an urban forest management plan. The Toolkit presents a series of steps for developing a plan. Use the navigation links at the end of each page to follow these steps.
You may set up a free UFMP Toolkit account. This will allow you to create and edit your own work plans and plan outline. Your information will be stored on the California Urban Forest Council's server and be available to you whenever you log in to your account.
Many pages have tools to aid in plan development. Color-coded headings mark each tool. These tools are described below:
Planning questions
These questions will help you think about what to include in your urban forest management plan.
Examples
Examples from existing urban forest plans are included to provide further ideas.
Work plans
Work plans include checklists, matrices, and other information that you can use to organize, track, and manage the process of developing your plan. These include:
- time/action schedules,
- checklists of information to gather, and
- persons responsible for specific tasks involved in developing the plan.
You must log into your UFMP Toolkit account to enter information into the worksheets online. Whenever you log into your account, information you have entered will appear and be available for editing. You can also download completed or blank work plan forms in Microsoft Word format. [This feature to be developed]
Outline
The UFMP Toolkit includes a generic overall plan outline. Once you log into your UFMP Toolkit account, you can customize the outline by omitting sections that do not apply to your plan. You may enter notes to be included under any given outline heading. On certain pages, you can transfer information from the work plan directly to your outline file.
Most urban forest management plans are complex documents with many charts, tables, and images. We have not attempted to provide a platform to allow you to compose your entire plan online. However, you can download the outline you develop online to serve as a framework for your plan document. You can download your customized outline in Microsoft Word format at any point. [This feature to be developed]