Nine communities will share $127,093 in grant funding for tree planting, education and other tree-centric projects.



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Nov. 19, 2024
Contact: Kerry Gray <[email protected]>, 734-691-1806

DNR announces recipients of 2025 Community Forestry Grants

Trees wait for people to claim them at a tree giveaway event.

Tree planting, education about the benefits of trees and other tree-centric efforts are on tap in nine Michigan communities thanks to Community Forestry Grants from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. Those communities will share $127,093 in grant funding.

The DNR received a total of 24 proposals requesting nearly $393,000 this year.

The approved projects will collectively plant and care for 260 new trees; engage and train an estimated 200 students, residents and city staff; inventory and develop plans to sustainably manage more than 14,500 public trees; and leverage more than $157,500 in community and volunteer matching.


* *Village of Cass City: *$10,000 to complete a public tree inventory and tree management plan.
* *City of Chelsea: *$5,768 to complete an urban tree canopy assessment and tree preservation plan.
* *Eaton Conservation District: *$26,205 for tree planting, youth and volunteer engagement, and education and outreach efforts at the Charlotte Forest Garden.
* *City of Hastings: *$12,500 to complete a public tree inventory and develop a maintenance plan to guide the city's public tree care program.
* *City of Laingsburg: *$14,365 to plant and care for new trees at McClintock Park.
* *Sparta Township: *$9,102 to plant and care for 41 new trees at several township parks.
* *City of Swartz Creek: *$9,890 to plant and care for 38 new trees at Abrams Park.
* *City of Trenton: *$27,013 to complete a public tree inventory and develop a maintenance plan to guide the city's public tree care program.
* *City of Williamston: *$12,250 to complete a public tree inventory, develop a maintenance plan and plant trees to expand the city’s tree nursery.

Community Forestry Grants are made available through federal funding from the United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service’s Urban & Community Forestry Program. They are administered by the DNR’s Urban and Community Forestry program. Learn more about the DNR’s program at Michigan.gov/UCF [ [link removed] ].



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*Note to editors: *Several urban/community tree-planting photos [ [link removed] ] are available in the DNR’s public image gallery [ [link removed] ]. All photos courtesy of the Michigan DNR unless otherwise noted.


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