Include ecological provisions in the comprehensive plan that explicitly aim to minimize open space fragmentation and/or establish a growth area with expansion criteria.
Best Practice of this action
Resources
- Fragmentation and other aspects of protecting and enhancing natural system functioning - such as providing wildlife corridors and habitat to enhance local biodiversity - are addressed in Natural Resources Performance Standards in the 2009 Minnesota Model Ordinances for Sustainable Development. See also state pollinator resources from the MN Dept. of Natural Resources.
- How to Enhance the Urban Canopy Through Ordinance & Collaboration for Comprehensive Plans (ORANGE Environmental: 2017) was prepared for the Metropolitan Council and covers urban forestry inventories and plant diversity goals, the development review process, and the Emerald Ash Borer infestation.
Order Number
4
Action Type
Finite