The Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $3,000,000 Inflation Reduction Act Urban & Community Forestry Program (CFDA 10.727) Project Grant to Civic Works, Inc., a Baltimore-based non-profit organization, on July 14, 2024. The grant will fund a 5-year initiative called the "Baltimore Community Canopy Initiative" focused on planning, establishing, managing, and protecting trees, forests, green spaces, and related natural resources in Baltimore. Key activities will...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service awarded a $7,000,000 Project Grant to Baltimore Tree Trust Inc. under the Inflation Reduction Act Urban & Community Forestry Program (CFDA 10.727). This 5-year grant, awarded in July 2024, supports comprehensive urban forestry initiatives that focus on planning, establishing, managing, and protecting trees, forests, green spaces, and related natural resources in cities and towns. Key products and services to be delivered through this...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service awarded a $17,000,000 Project Grant under the Inflation Reduction Act Urban & Community Forestry Program (CFDA 10.727) to the Chesapeake Bay Trust. The grant aims to plan, establish, manage, and protect trees, forests, green spaces, and related natural resources in cities and towns across the Mid-Atlantic region, with a focus on environmental justice. Key products and services to be delivered through this grant include urban tree...
This $1,000,000 federal Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the Inflation Reduction Act Urban & Community Forestry Program (CFDA 10.727), supports comprehensive urban forestry initiatives in Chicago led by the non-profit organization Urban Growers Collective Inc. The grant funding will be used to plan, establish, manage, and protect trees, forests, green spaces, and related natural resources in the city, with the goal of providing...
This $15,000,000 Project Grant awarded on April 24, 2024 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the Inflation Reduction Act Urban & Community Forestry Program (CFDA 10.727) supports comprehensive urban forestry initiatives focused on planning, establishing, managing, and protecting trees, forests, green spaces, and related natural resources in cities and towns. Key products and services to be delivered include: tree planting, ecosystem restoration, conservation...
This $2,000,000 Project Grant was awarded on June 6, 2024 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the Inflation Reduction Act Urban & Community Forestry Program (CFDA 10.727). The grant recipient, Defensores De La Cuenca Inc., is a minority-owned, Hispanic American-owned non-profit organization that specializes in connecting underserved Latino and Spanish-speaking communities to natural and cultural resources in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. The funding will support...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service awarded a $10,000,000.00 Project Grant under the Inflation Reduction Act Urban & Community Forestry Program (CFDA 10.727) to Great River Greening, a non-profit organization, on May 7, 2024. The grant funding will be used to plan, establish, manage, and protect trees, forests, green spaces, and related natural resources in cities and towns across Minnesota. The project aims to provide ecosystem services, social benefits, and economic...
This is a $2,000,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the Inflation Reduction Act Urban & Community Forestry Program (CFDA 10.727). The award supports comprehensive urban forestry initiatives in the City of Dayton, Ohio that plan, establish, manage, and protect trees, forests, green spaces, and related natural resources. The project aims to provide ecosystem services, social benefits, and economic advantages to the urban community, with a focus...
This $2,000,000 federal Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service under the Inflation Reduction Act Urban & Community Forestry Program (CFDA 10.727), will fund a project by the Friends of AMY B H Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden to plan, establish, manage, and protect trees, forests, green spaces, and related natural resources in Hawaii's only federally designated community forest. The project aims to provide ecosystem services, social benefits,...
The federal Project Grant award in the amount of $1,000,000.00 was provided by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service under the Inflation Reduction Act Urban & Community Forestry Program (CFDA 10.727). The grant funding will support the City of Pittsburgh's efforts to plan, establish, manage, and protect trees, forests, green spaces, and related natural resources within the city over a 5-year period from July 2024 to June 2029. The project aims to deliver ecosystem...