Natural Resources

Environmentally Sustainable

Parks & Recreation

FY2025 Budget

Program Budget Overview

Description

Natural Resources manages the urban forestry and natural lands. This team is committed to maintaining a healthy and safe urban forest as well as preserving extensive and diverse natural environments for current and future generations.

 

Summary of 2025 Budget Enhancements and Realignments:

1) Provides resources for the Forestry and Natural Lands teams to effectively manage maintenance and improvement of Boulder’s urban forestry and natural areas.

2) Enhanced funding for contracted pruning and planting allows BPR to maintain service levels while addressing escalating costs and continue to invest in the urban tree canopy that is aligned with the “Fiscally Constrained” scenario identified in the 2018 Urban Forest Strategic Plan. 

3) Addresses contractual increases and additional costs associated with vehicle and equipment replacement.