Nineteen Michigan communities will share $3 million in grants from the USDA Forestry Service’s Urban and Community Forestry Program. It’s money from the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.
Selected communities will collectively plant and care for more than 2,800 trees, train 3,200 city staff, students and residents, and inventory and develop plans to manage over 157,000 public trees.
Communities in West Michigan benefitting from the grants include the Kent County Parks and Recreation department, which will receive nearly $57,000 for youth training and developing a park tree inventory and management plan at three county parks.
The Grand Valley Metro Council in Wyoming will receive just over $206,000 for volunteer engagement and tree planting based on the results of a tree canopy assessment and planting plan.
And the West Michigan Shoreline Regional Development Commission will receive $225,000 to complete a public tree inventory and management plan to guide planting activities in Muskegon.
