The City of Fitchburg has conducted two city-wide urban forestry surveys, one in 2015 and one in 2025. The purpose of the surveys was to gather public input to aid in the revision of the Urban Forest Strategic Management Plan, a document that guides long-term management of Fitchburg's urban forest and shapes future tree policies. Details of both surveys are found below.
2015 urban forest survey
The 2015 urban forest survey was administered by the Parks, Recreation, and Forestry Department. The survey was open to the public for 25 days, from January 13 through February 6. The survey was made available in two languages, English and Spanish, and two formats, online and paper copy, to increase accessibility for participation. Advertisements for the survey included an article in the 2014 December edition of the Fitchburg Star, notices on the city website homepage and Parks Department website, and emails sent to various groups such as neighborhood associations, the Fitchburg RecServ list, the Common Council, the Tree Advisory Committee, and the Parks Commission. Recipients of the email were encouraged to share the survey with other city residents.
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There were 534 survey responses, 507 online and 27 on paper. Of those 534 responses, two were completed in Spanish. The number of total responses represents nearly 2 percent of Fitchburg's population. To view the survey results, please see the link below.
