Community Forest Program 2024 Funded Projects
The Steven Brook Sichol Community Forest in Massachusetts received funding from the Community Forest Program in 2019. (USDA Forest Service photo by Neal Bungard)
The Forest Service partners with local communities to conserve private forestlands as community forests. These investments ensure…
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Concrete canopies: Mapping urban forest patches
A forest path in New York City’s Inwood Hill Park. (USDA Forest Service photo by Rich Hallett)
NEW HAMPSHIRE—If prompted to imagine a forest, one might first picture a vast wooded landscape located far away from cities and towns. In the context of an urban area, the mind might next envision planned and manicured parks, such as New York City’s…
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Connecting urban nurseries and communities with reforestation pipeline
Indigo plants at a small greenhouse at the Plantation Park Heights Urban farm in Baltimore, Maryland. Photo courtesy Farmer Chippy.
PENNSYLVANIA — Nurseries across the U.S. grow over a billion tree seedlings each year for reforestation following timber sales, wildfire and other disturbances. The USDA Forest…
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Around the Forest Service: September 2023
WASHINGTON, DC—Trees make a difference, something that Forest Service employees have always known. In September 2023, through Inflation Reduction Act funding, the agency made historic investments to boost the nation’s tree cover in urban, suburban and rural communities nationwide.
National grasslands are also getting attention. Great American Outdoors Act funding is providing resources for some…
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Urban Forests
Urban & Community Forestry Inflation Reduction Act Grants
About the 2023 Urban and Community Forestry GrantsUnder the Inflation Reduction Act, the Forest Service received a historic $1.5 billion to its Urban and Community Forestry program to support tree-planting, urban forest planning and…
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How the Community Forest Program Works
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Photo by Steve Neel.
The Community Forest and Open Space Conservation Program (Community Forest Program) of the Forest Service offers a unique opportunity for communities to acquire and conserve forests that provide public access and recreational opportunities, protect vital water supplies and wildlife habitat, serve…