Urban
Grant Funding
Transportation and Enhancement Tree Planting Program Grant.
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The Transportation Enhancement Tree
Planting Program is a statewide initiative to plant trees for the
purpose of enhancing transportation. The program is administered by the
Mississippi Forestry Commission with financial support from the
Mississippi Department of Transportation and advisory support from the
Mississippi Urban Forest Council, Inc.
Tree planting projects funded under the
Transportation Enhancement Tree Planting Program must have a direct
relationship to the transportation system, but are not required to be
linked to a state or federal highway. Projects may be undertaken on
public properties in close proximity to (in sight of) a public
transportation corridor. Such corridors or facilities include, but
are not limited to, municipal, county, state or federal roadways,
railways, depots, transportation administration buildings, port
facilities, and bike or pedestrian paths. Some examples of
transportation enhancement through tree planting include the use of
trees as a screen, for erosion control, as stream buffers, sight or
sound barriers, windbreaks, for shade or for aesthetic improvements.
Plants that are not trees will not be included in project funding or
local match.
Only units of state or local government
are eligible to apply for a grant to plant trees on state or locally
owned public land within sight of a transportation corridor. This
grant package is designed to be downloaded, completed by filling-in-the
blanks and mailed to Tympel Blansett at 103 Veterans Drive, Oxford, MS
38655.
2010 Urban and Community Forestry Assistance Challenge Grant
Program
The purpose of this grant is to aid in the development of
long-term, self-sustaining urban and community forestry programs.
The goal of the Urban and Community Forestry Program is to inspire or
enhance local or statewide urban and community forestry programs.
Funds are available on a 50 percent federal/
50 percent non-federal matching basis through competitive grant
proposals.
Click
here for a sample copy of the grant package. Deadline for
this grant was August 3, 2010. This grant package is designed to be mailed to
Tympel Blansett at 103 Veterans Drive, Oxford, MS 38655.
More grants:
National Urban and Community
Forestry Advisory Council – Competitive
challenge grants to support urban
and community activities that are national or widespread in their impact or
application.
Mississippi Department of
Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks – Recreation is an important benefit of the
urban forest and the
Land and Water Conservation Fund’s Outdoor Recreation
grant may provide a useful funding mechanism to assist you.
Mississippi Department of
Environmental Quality – The community forest is a valuable contributor to
mitigating the impact of air and water pollution.
Grant Writing Tips:
Grant writing tips can be found
at Mississippi Resource Conservation and
Development District.
For
more information on The Urban and Community Forestry program, contact:
Tympel Blansett
Urban & Community Forester
103 Veterans Drive
Oxford, MS 38655
(601) 906-2697
tblansett@mfc.state.ms.us
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