Funding opportunity: Community Trees Program

FY18 Community Forestry Funding Upon signed agreenment with the U.S.D.A. Forest Service, more than $170,000 in federal funding is available for Illinois communities. Municipalities, park districts, townships, counties, forest preserve districts or conservation districts, and other local government entites are eligible. Allowable grant projects include tree planting, obtaining a tree inventory, and developing or updating a tree protection and preservation ordinance or a tree management plan. Click here for the grant flier. Application period: August 15, 2018 to October 1, 2018