AUGUSTA The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry's Maine Forest Service (MFS) Project Canopy community forestry program will award up to $175,000 in grants to local governments, municipalities, educational institutions, and.
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AUGUSTA Up to $100,000 is available to Maine’s local governments, municipalities, educational institutions and nonprofit organizations through Project Canopy’s community assistance grant program. Project Canopy – Maine’s community forestry program, a program of the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry’s (DACF) Maine Forest Service – has awarded community forestry project grants totaling more than $600,000 since 2015.
Project Canopy grants are available in two categories: Planning and Education, and Tree Planting and Maintenance. Planning and Education grants have a maximum award of $10,000, typically range from $6,000 to $8,000, and require a 50-percent cost-share with cash or in-kind services. Planting and Maintenance grants have a maximum award of $8,000.
Grants available for community forestry projects in Maine towns Thu, 01/21/2021 - 3:45pm
Up to $100,000 is available to Maine s local governments, municipalities, educational institutions, and nonprofit organizations through Project Canopy s community assistance grant program. Project Canopy, Maine s community forestry program, a program of the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry s (DACF) Maine Forest Service, has awarded community forestry project grants totaling more than $600,000 since 2015. Project Canopy community assistance grants help communities with general maintenance planning, and they allow towns to respond to threats from invasive pests, such as the emerald ash borer, said Project Canopy Coordinator Jan Ames Santerre, in a news release. We re on a mission to sustain healthy urban and community forests because they provide a multitude of economic, environmental and social benefits.
January 20, 2021
For more information contact: Jim Britt at:
jim.britt@maine.gov
AUGUSTA - Up to $100,000 is available to Maine s local governments, municipalities, educational institutions, and non-profit organizations through Project Canopy s community assistance grant program. Project Canopy, Maine s community forestry program, a program of the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry s (DACF) Maine Forest Service, has awarded community forestry project grants totaling more than $600,000 since 2015. Project Canopy community assistance grants help communities with general maintenance planning, and they allow towns to respond to threats from invasive pests, such as the emerald ash borer,
said Project Canopy Coordinator Jan Ames Santerre. We re on a mission to sustain healthy urban and community forests because they provide a multitude of economic, environmental and social benefits.