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Advertisement Detail Grant Opportunities 2018 National Urban and Community Forestry Grant Program Advertisement Number: 18-DG-11083112-001 Version Number: 001 Advertisement Begin Date/Time: 09/06/2018 - 02:00 P.M. Advertisement End Date/Time: 11/13/2018 - 02:00 P.M. Mod: 09-13-2018 09:33:55 Last Edit: Thursday, September 13, 2018 at 09:34:38 A.M.
The purpose of Florida's Urban and Community Forestry (UCF) Grant Program is to provide financial assistance to local governments, Native American tribal governments, volunteer groups, nonprofit organizations, and educational institutions to initiate or enhance local urban and community forestry programs and improve the urban environment within the state of Florida. The state of Florida anticipates an allocation of $300,000 for fiscal year 2018. The primary purpose of this UCF grant program is to mitigate the effect to the urban forest component of community infrastructures throughout the State of Florida impacted by recent hurricane and other weather-related events. The loss of tree cover in these communities has created negative economic, ecological, and aesthetic consequences. These include decreased property values, loss of tourism appeal, extensive cleanup and recovery costs, loss of green infrastructure leading to increased costs associated with stormwater runoff, loss of energy conservation benefits, and degraded air and water quality. Damaged trees also pose safety hazards to citizens and structures. Improvements to surviving urban trees need to be made to improve their health and reduce damage from future storms. Local community leaders and the public also need to learn more about how their urban trees benefit their community, from an economic, social, and environment standpoint. They also need to learn how to properly select, plant and care for trees to minimize future storm damage and how to utilize green infrastructure to reduce stormwater runoff.
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