Breitung awarded grant for park trees
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Breitung Township will receive a grant of $21,412 through Michigan's Urban and Community Forestry Assistance Grant Program.
The funds are for park tree planting, care and maintenance, according to a news release from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.
Statewide, nearly $650,000 in grants were made possible via the Urban and Community Forestry Program in the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service. The federally funded grants are awarded through the DNR.
"Trees are essential community infrastructure, and this grant program helps extend their many benefits to more Michigan communities," said Kerry Gray, DNR Urban and Community Forestry Program grant specialist.
The grants were awarded to 15 communities and organizations benefiting more than 1.5 million Michigan residents. The grantees will collectively plant and care for more than 1,200 trees, create inventories of city trees and develop plans to sustainably manage over 2,000 public trees.
Breitung Township was the only Upper Peninsula recipient in this round of funding.
The DNR's Urban and Community Forestry Program is a federally funded program providing technical, educational and grant assistance to communities, nonprofits, educational institutions and tribes to build capacity for managing trees and forests in communities throughout the state. Learn more at Michigan.gov/UCF.