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News from VTUCF
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2024 Grants Announcement: Nearly $500,000 Available in 3 Categories
We are pleased to announce just shy of $500,000 available in 2024 through three grant categories that will support a broad range of activities to support and grow urban and community forests statewide. Applications are due January 5th, 2024.
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VT UCF & FPR Pledge 5,000 Trees Planted for 1t.org
Vermont Forests, Parks & Recreation has made a state pledge to plant 5,000 trees in Vermont urban areas as part of the 1t.org global effort to conserve, restore, and grow one trillion trees by 2030.
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Pride tree planted in Windsor
On June 1, 2023, the LGBTQIA2S+ Allies of Windsor in partnership with the Vermont Urban and Community Forestry Program and the Vermont Division for Historic Preservation, dedicated a flowering cherry planted at the Old Constitution House State Historic Site as a “LGBTQ+ Pride Tree”
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$1 billion Investment in Urban Forestry
The USDA Forest Service released a Notice of Funding Opportunity earlier this month for $1 billion available in Urban and Community Forestry Grants nationwide. Proposals are due June 1st for 5-year projects and local governments and non-profit organizations are eligible to apply.