The Morton Arboretum is pleased to announce it has awarded $7.9 million in federal urban and community forestry funding to 39 Illinois organizations—ranging from government entities and community groups to higher education institutions and other nonprofits—for urban and community forestry work in priority areas across the state.
Awarded organizations will collectively plant and care for more than 8,300 trees, prune more than 1,300 trees in need of maintenance, remove at least 240 dead, high-risk or invasive trees, and train 210 staff or community members in forestry work.
Various tree inventories and management plans will also be conducted.
A complete list of awarded communities is available on the Arboretum’s website.
Funding for this project was provided by the Inflation Reduction Act and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service Urban and Community Forestry Program. USDA and The Morton Arboretum are equal opportunity providers and employers.
