Michigan awards $3 million to help communities plant, maintain trees
- The Michigan Department of Natural Resources awarded $3 million to projects and organizations to plant and maintain trees
- The grants are from the department’s Urban and Community Forestry Program, using USDA and Inflation Reduction Act funds
- The money will help communities plant and care for 2,800 trees and manage 157,000 public trees
Michigan could become cleaner and greener after the state’s Department of Natural Resources awarded $3 million to 19 communities and organizations to plant and manage trees.
The state received 40 applications from communities and organizations, seeking about $6.7 million from the state’s Urban and Community Forestry Inflation Reduction Act grant program — made possible by the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service’s Urban and Community Forestry Program and the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.
“This program provides vital funding to help disadvantaged Michigan communities sustainably grow, care for and manage their public trees,” said Kerry Gray, grant coordinator for the program, in a statement. “This helps ensure that trees and the essential benefits they provide are available to more people in more communities.”
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The grant money will be used to plant and care for over 2,800 trees, train 3,200 city staff, students and residents and develop plans to manage over 157,000 public trees.
The recipients are:
- City of Alpena: $160,000
- Chippewa Luce Mackinac Conservation District: $142,495
- Detroit River Project: $219,568
- Grand Valley Metro Council: $206,359
- City of Hazel Park: $147,620
- Kent County Parks and Recreation: $56,885
- Manistee Conservation District: $224,301
- City of Marshall: $102,400
- City of Midland: $225,000
- City of Morenci: $218,165
- Michigan State University Department of Forestry: $225,000
- Oakland County Parks and Recreation: $100,000
- City of Portage: $150,000
- Presque Isle Conservation District: $197,157
- City of River Rouge: $71,000
- Village of Romeo: $20,900
- City of Roseville: $101,600
- City of Warren: $190,000
- West Michigan Shoreline Regional Development Commission: $225,000
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