KUDOS - Forest Service
The Texas A&M Forest Service has awarde6md $15.4 million through their forestry grant program. Twenty-two Texas cities, neighborhoods, nonprofit organizations and schools received funding. Grant recipients will receive funding and begin their initiatives in June. DFW’s Texas Trees Foundation received $6 million for various statewide projects
The grants will tree planting, maintenance and community forestry planning and education efforts as part of their larger, unique urban forestry solution campaigns. The program also places a key emphasis on increasing schoolyard tree canopy coverage to 30 percent of a school’s campus to create accessible community treescapes.
Texas A&M Forest Service Director Al Davis says, “These grants are critical to communities and organizations throughout the state in continuing proactive forestry practices. By investing in our communities today, we are ensuring healthy forests and communities for all to benefit from.”
For details, visit Tinyurl.com/TAMU-Forest-Grants.
