Community Forest Management Strategy

The Township of Langley’s Community Forest Management Strategy was unanimously approved by Council on May 9, 2022, and provides the Township with a clear vision, guidance, and measurable targets to sustain and increase the community forest.

Trees provides important benefits to the community such as:

• capturing and cleaning stormwater
• reducing the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect
• providing shade
• improving mental health
• providing habitat for wildlife
• building energy savings
• sequestering carbon from the atmosphere

Current tree canopy coverage across Township communities ranges from 7% in Willowbrook, up to 35% in Brookswood-Fernridge, with an overall coverage of 23% in the Urban Containment Boundary (UCB). The Community Forest Management Strategy sets a target of 30% coverage in the UCB by 2050, which is integrated into Big Move 5 in the Climate Action Strategy:

Resilient Natural Systems – Increase tree canopy and rainwater capture from current levels by 2030.

Climate Action Strategy

This project was identified as one of over 140 actions outlined in the Climate Action Strategy.

Learn more about the Community Forest Management Strategy.