Board members are representatives of their district and the City at large. To request a board member to attend a local community event, council meeting, educational presentation or district event, please email: [email protected]. Requests should include the impacted district, time and date of the event, and contact information of the requester.

For board administrative questions, please contact:

Maria Romero (Board Manager/Staff Liaison)
Public Lands Department
1965 West 500 South
Salt Lake City, UT 84104
(385) 214-9408 or [email protected]

The purposes of parks, natural lands, trails, and urban forestry advisory board shall be as follows:

   A.   Provide and oversee strong stewardship of the city’s parks, natural lands, urban forestry and trails.

   B.   Educate the public and advocate for the city’s parks, natural lands, urban forestry and trails policies.

   C.   Encourage and facilitate public involvement and input, and the incorporation of that input into the city’s parks, natural lands, trails, and urban forestry plans and policies. (Ord. 67-13, 2013)

Bylaws and Governing Documents

The agendas and minutes include recordings of past PNUT Board meetings, along with related presentations from staff and the Parks and Public Lands Directors. If you are unable to locate the specific information you are seeking, please contact Maria Romero at [email protected].

Click here for Agendas, Minutes & Recordings

Sign up for the monthly Parks, Natural Lands, Urban Forestry, and Trails (PNUT) agenda here

Members of the public may provide comments to the PNUT Board during their monthly meeting. Verbal comments are limited to up to three minutes. Written comments are welcome and can be submitted to Maria Romero at [email protected]. Any written comments received after the monthly meeting will be included in the packet for the following month.

Stakeholder groups, including community organizations, businesses, and others, may request to present to the PNUT Advisory Board on Public Lands-related topics in Salt Lake City that are not already included in the Board’s scheduled agenda. Please note that this excludes items such as Capital Improvement Project (CIP) proposals and budget requests.

Presentation requests for regular Board meetings are subject to approval by the Board and availability on the meeting agenda.

Stakeholder Presentation Request Conditions:

• No more than one (up to 10 minute) presentation per meeting, allocated on a first come, first serve basis. If topics are more urgent, public comment and electronic communication are still available.
  • Repeat topics within the same calendar year will be reviewed at the Board’s discretion to allow for diverse topics to be discussed as applicable.
  • If multiple requests are made for the same meeting, preference will be given to stakeholders who have not presented to the Board within the calendar year. After that, presentation order will be determined by the timestamp on the request form.
  • If multiple requests are made for the same meeting and none of the stakeholders have presented to the Board within the calendar year, presentation order will be determined by the timestamp on the request form as there can be only one stakeholder presentation per meeting.
• Requests must be made no less than one month in advance of a meeting in order to allow for agenda approval and planning, according to the open meeting requirements.

To request a Stakeholder Presentation with the Board, please submit a Stakeholder Presentation Request. The form is monitored by the Board’s Communications Committee.

The Parks, Natural Lands, Urban Forestry and Trails Advisory Board has up to 13 members. Each member is appointed to a three-year term and may serve up to two consecutive terms. Members should reflect geographic, professional, cultural, and neighborhood/community diversity. Members with arborist, landscape architect, ecologist, land management, natural and developed non-motorized trail design, architectural, financial, planning, historic preservation, recreation, sustainability and environmental backgrounds are encouraged.

Residency Requirements: No more than three (3) members may live outside of the Salt Lake City boundaries. Two (2) members on the Board shall represent indigenous tribes.