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| Photo by Mike Remarcke |
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service has awarded the City of Shoreline $1 million to enhance Shoreline’s urban forestry efforts.
The grant is part of the $1 billion investment in the Forest Service’s Urban and Community Forestry Program.
The $1 million grant is in addition to $2.76 million in matching funds the City is putting forward for this work for a total of $3.76 million.
The $1 million grant is in addition to $2.76 million in matching funds the City is putting forward for this work for a total of $3.76 million.
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| Street trees on N 185th Photo by Lee Lageschulte |
Shoreline will use the funds to expand and enhance its urban forestry program over the next five years.
We will:
- expand efforts to actively track the progress and health of our urban forests and tree canopy and prioritize street-tree planting in low canopy neighborhoods
- expand opportunities for the community to plant and maintain trees on private property
- expand the Green Shoreline Partnership to provide urban forestry education, stewardship, and
- explore the creation of a workforce development initiative in partnership with local schools and community-based organizations, which will also include tree planting in areas with environmental health disparities.
“Maintaining and protecting our urban forest is essential to creating a healthy community,” stated Shoreline Mayor Keith Scully.
“This money will allow us to make significant investments in our urban forestry program and help us to address Goal 2, Strategy 1 of our Climate Action Plan - Maintain and increase tree canopy and urban forest health.”
Good morning all! I had to laugh on seeing this post: the trees are hacked down on 15th Ave NE, leaving a typical urban blight landscape. In a Tree City. And now a grant to preserve the canopy. Is that what they call it now?
ReplyDeleteOne idea... Nearly all of our schools have land that could use a tree or two. Simply planting native conifers at each school would be beneficial. There could even be educational activities centered around the planting and indigenous use of the tree.
ReplyDeleteOh, the irony.
ReplyDeleteWe don't know all the details yet, but as my mother used to say, "it still beats a poke in the eye with a sharp stick."
ReplyDeleteSo now the city has extra money to keep track of how fast they are cutting down trees? And the only added trees will be on private property? This is so sad!
ReplyDeleteI'd love to read the application to see how Shoreline managed to convince anyone that the local government cared about trees. Who gets the "job" of overseeing the project? The same council member that gave us "You don't know Squatch about Shoreline?"
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