The Iowa Legislature appropriated state infrastructure funds to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (Iowa DNR) to be used for a community-based tree planting program for derecho recovery tree planting.
Donor Name: Iowa Department of Natural Resources
State: Iowa
County: Selected Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 09/01/2022
Grant Size: $500 to $5,000
Details:
Funding Information
The Community Forestry Grant Program provides reimbursable grants from $500 to $5,000 to be used to purchase and plant trees suitable to Iowa.
Geographic Focus
Audubon, Benton, Boone, Cass, Cedar, Clarke, Clinton, Dallas, Greene, Grundy, Guthrie, Hardin, Iowa, Jackson, Jasper, Johnson, Jones, Linn, Madison, Marshall, Muscatine, Polk, Poweshiek, Scott, Story, Tama, and Washington counties.
Eligibility Criteria
These Community Forestry Grants are available to state and local governments entities, schools and volunteer organizations, and service organizations involved with local urban and community forest services, for planting trees on publicly owned lands owned by state, county, or local governments and located within the State of Iowa (DNR lands are not eligible). Qualifying public planting lands include, but are not limited to, street right-of-ways, parks, school grounds, courthouse lawns, public buildings, fairgrounds, cemeteries, libraries, and trails.
For more information, visit Iowa Department of Natural Resources.