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CHAPTER 8: ENRICH 254 How We Will Achieve our Vision Promote Practices That Will Leave an Environmentally Safe and Desirable Community for Future Generations Implement Actions Identified in the Urban Forest Master Plan — Approved by Council May 23, 2024. Major Actions: Cary's Urban Forest Master Plan outlines our com- mitment to the health and resiliency of Cary's tree canopy and urban forests. Through programs and projects, Cary aims to use innovative environmental strategies to continue our commitment to advancing sustainable practices to maintain a high quality of life. The goals of the plan are to grow Cary's tree canopy, improve the quality of the canopy, and promote community-wide commitments to a healthier urban forest. To achieve these goals, Cary has outlined 10 strategies, including strengthening policies and codes, enhancing data, and improving urban forestry oversight. The planning pro- cess involved engaging stakeholders, retaining experts for support, and analyzing data and regulatory systems. The plan was created to help inform the future of Cary's urban forest and to equip Cary so that we may continue to be a healthy and resilient community. This plan is an example of how Cary is acting for a sustainable, resilient future while facilitating the Sustainability and Climate Action Strategy. Implement Actions Identified in the Sustainability and Climate Action Strategy — Anticipated completion 2025. Major Actions: Cary embarked on a path toward collective action for a sustainable, resilient future with the initiation of a Sustainability and Climate Action Strategy in 2022. This strategy will include a section on Natural Resources that seeks to protect and enhance Cary's natural areas, ensuring open spaces and ecosystems are healthy, bio- diverse, resilient, connected, and accessible to all now and in the future. 2 1 3 Cary's success at maintaining a healthy environment is based on a shared responsibility between our Town government and all who live and work in our community. Providing excep onal u li es services is at the heart of making Cary one of the best places in the na on to live, work, and raise a family.