INDIANA – The Indiana Department of Natural Resources Division of Forestry, Community & Urban Forestry awarded $1.5 million in grants to 9 disadvantaged or underserved communities.
Funding was made available through the USDA Forest Service Urban & Community Forestry program.
Funded projects include tree planting and maintenance, workforce development, education, and tree inventories.
A second round of IRA funding will be announced in early 2024.
Communities and organizations receiving funds include:
- Canopy Bloomington, $239,399 for education and maintenance.
- The City of Jeffersonville, $63,500 for inventory and planting.
- The City of New Albany, $250,000 for tree planting and education.
- The City of Noblesville, $106,150 for tree planting.
- Regreening Greenfield, $50,000 for tree planting.
- Evansville Forest Alliance, $249,616 for inventory, planting, and education.
- Indiana Arborist Association, $250,000 for workforce development.
- Keep Indianapolis Beautiful, $239,457 for workforce development.
- TREES, Inc., $75,000 for tree planting.
