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Urban Forest Grant Proposals Sought09-18-07 | News

Urban Forest Grant Proposals Sought




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The concept of urban forestry is evident in communities like Hoover, Ala., where the city adopted tree conservation ordinances in 1996, hired a landscape architect, a forester and a horticulturist to oversee urban forest management.


U.S. Forest Service grants worth a total of $1 million are available to landscape architects working on ambitious urban forestry projects. The first step in the application process is due on Oct. 12, however.

The National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council is requesting preproposals for the U.S. Forest Service’s National Urban and Community Forestry Challenge Cost Share grant program.

The total amount of funding available is approximately $1 million.

One of the council’s role is to make recommendations for funding for the grant program.

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Nancy Stremple, RLA, works for the USDA Forest Service and is on the executive staff to the National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council that advises the Secretary of Agriculture and U.S. Forest Service on urban forestry-related natural resource issues.

The deadline for preproposals to the grant program is October 12, 2007. All project proposals must have national or widespread scope and application and include a clear, national distribution or outreach plan for the findings. Local tree-planting projects, capital improvements to property of any ownership, and/or projects that have only a local impact and applicability will not be considered for funding.

Proposals must fall into one of six categories.

  1. Assessment of the extent, health and function of urban forests.
  2. Management programs: Create catastrophic event mitigation strategies (Best Management Practices).
  3. Outreach: Encourage active involvement of all people in urban and community forestry
  4. Program funding: Provide technical assistance to local jurisdictions on public and nontraditional financing models for funding urban and community forestry programs.
  5. Research
  6. Program enhancement: This category includes education projects that promote an understanding of the ecosystem services of urban and community forestry, involve the community in conservation projects, and/or develop or sustain green infrastructure in communities and schools.

For more information visit treelink.org/nucfac

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