Funded through the USDA Forest Service and the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, Tree Maintenance & Removal grants will support local efforts to maintain a healthy urban tree canopy through tree maintenance, and will address dead and high-risk trees on public properties. 

The Vermont Urban & Community Forestry Program is pleased to support the following seven projects across four Vermont counties:

Town of Chelsea: removal of high-risk trees and maintenance of existing trees across four public properties.

City of Burlington: removal of ash trees threatened by emerald ash borer along a densely populated street's right-of-way.

Retreat Farm (Brattleboro): removal of high-risk trees on the nonprofit's publicly accessible property.

Town of Randolph: removal of impervious surface (sidewalk) and soil enhancement at six existing trees sites in the downtown, and pruning of existing trees.

Town of Rockingham: removal of ash trees threatened by emerald ash borer and grinding of additional stumps to facilitate eventual replanting in the public right-of-way.

Town of Wardsboro: removal of ash trees threatened by emerald ash borer along heavily trafficked town roads.  

Village of Swanton: removal of high-risk trees and maintenance of existing trees on the Village Green.