The Department of Energy & Environmental Protection said it will distribute $120,000 in urban forestry grants to 13 municipalities and four nonprofits.
The “America the Beautiful” grants, which must be matched with local resources or in-kind support, are designed to plant and manage trees in urban areas, as well as tackle invasive species problems.
This year’s grants include:
- Branford, $5,590 to replace tree canopies
- Brookfield, $3,495 to enhance the Still River Greenway
- Coventry, $4,975 for a planting plan on Main Street and at Laidlaw Park
- Durham, $4,400 for a town green revitalization project
- Connecticut Forest & Park Association, Middlefield, $11,982 for a forestry education program
- Oaklawn Cemetery Association, Fairfield, $6,573 for a woodlands plan for Oak Lawn Cemetery and Arboretum
- Fairfield, $4,300 for an interpretive signage project
- Glastonbury, $12,000 for tree planting
- Knox Inc., Hartford, $12,000 for a young trees maintenance program
- Milford Trees Inc., Milford, $3,700 for planting and nursery maintenance and disease prevention
- Norwich, $12,000 for a tree installation project
- Prospect, $,5085 for planting legacy trees in parks
- Rocky Hill, $7,065 for cemetery tree planting
- Southbury, $8,504 for trees along Route 67
- Stratford, $3,000 for a program called “Greening More from Forest to Shore”
- Torrington, $4,252 for a forest steward management plan
- Westport, $10,900 for Phase II of a project at the Lillian Wadsworth Arboretum
