Michigan awarded nearly $650,000 in grants to 15 communities and organizations for tree planting and forestry projects, according to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. The funding comes from the Urban and Community Forestry Program administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service.
Grant recipients will collectively plant and care for more than 1,200 trees, create inventories of city trees, and develop management plans for over 2,000 public trees, the DNR said. The projects are expected to benefit more than 1.5 million Michigan residents.
Projects funded include street tree planting and maintenance in Albion, Benton Harbor, Clio, Lathrup Village, and Roosevelt; park tree planting in Breitung Charter Township; expansion of a tree nursery in Charlotte; completion of tree inventories and management plans in Caro and Shelby; tree planting at Willow and Oakwoods metroparks; tree planting by the Saginaw Basin Land Conservancy; education and planting by the Edison Institute; and street and park tree planting in Oxford and Peck. The City of Three Rivers received funding for public tree planting to replace trees lost in a spring 2026 tornado.
Individual grant awards ranged from $10,000 to $75,000, according to the DNR.