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6 West Michigan communities awarded DNR grants for tree projects
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has announced 15 grants totaling more than $1 million to help communities across the state develop their tree canopies.
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'Trees are vital community infrastructure, and this grant program supports projects that bring the important benefits trees provide to more Michigan communities,' Kerry Gray, a grant specialist with the DNR's Urban and Community Forestry Program, .
In all, the grants are expected to plant more than 1,700 new trees, offer 33 training workshops and develop plans to manage more than 32,000 public trees.
The grants range between approximately $23,000 and $144,000. Of those grants, six of them are in West Michigan.
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Crystal Township in Montcalm County is getting one of the largest: $133,112 to complete a public tree inventory and management plan for future tree planting and maintenance. The township also has plans to develop a community orchard.
The village of Lakeview will receive $95,172 to help cover tree planting along streets and in parks.
The city of Battle Creek will receive $38,850 for tree planting and maintenance.
The will get $36,993 to develop a 'series of tree-planting and care workshops for municipal employees, residents and landscape contractors within the Lower Grand River Watershed.'
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The city of Ionia will receive $30,000 for planting trees in neighborhoods with 'low tree canopy cover.'
The will get $23,438 to create 'food forests' in the city of Muskegon and start outreach for the program.
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