Courtenay Annual Report 2025 draft

Natural environment Nature-based solutions in the form of protecting, restoring and managing natural and semi-natural ecosystems to slow and adapt to climate change are at the heart of Courtenay’s approach to caring for the environment.

Strategic priorities (continued on next page)

2023–26

Status

Notes

Develop and implement a strategy for parkland acquisition (parks and open space land acquisition)

Ongoing

Further direction is included within the OCP. Next steps will follow the development of the City’s land strategy.

Promote and communicate the Urban Forest Strategy and Tree Protection Bylaw, and undertake a review of the Tree Protection Bylaw

In progress

The Urban Forest Strategy is complete and in implementation, while the Tree Protection and

Management Bylaw is under review as part of alignment with the Urban Forest Strategy and the OCP update.

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