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DNR announces recipients of 2025 Community Forestry Grants
November 19, 2024
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.
Several urban/community tree-planting photos are available in the DNR’s public image gallery. All photos courtesy of the Michigan DNR unless otherwise noted.