Urban & Community Forestry Grant

The Arboretum, USDA Forest Service and IDNR awarded $15,000.00 to the Village of Westchester to fund tree-related projects. The program aims to help municipalities fund projects such as tree planting, obtaining a tree inventory and developing or updating a tree protection and preservation ordinance or a tree management plan. The federal grants are administered by the Arboretum on behalf of the U.S. Forest Service Department of Agriculture’s Urban and Community Forestry Program, in partnership with the Illinois Department of Natural Resources.