In 2019, CRTI developed a comprehensive Master Plan to ensure that trees are healthier, more abundant, more diverse, and more equitably distributed to provide needed benefits to people and communities across the Chicago region by 2050.

Each of the CRTI Work Groups has identified specific tactics to support successful achievement of this Master Plan. These tactics relate to each group’s area of focus: stewardship and planting; green infrastructure, policy, and native ecosystems; forest composition and analysis; and risk assessment and management. Accomplishment of the tactics will result in successful achievement of the Master Plan goals and outcomes.