The Morton Arboretum’s Community Trees Program has awarded The Village of Montgomery a $15,000 federal forestry grant, which will help Montgomery develop an accurate inventory of parkway trees: Species, size, health, and location. The inventory will be used in the day to day management of the Village-owned trees. The Arboretum awarded more than $170,000 in federal forestry grants to Illinois communities to fund tree-related projects. The program aims to help municipalities, park districts, townships, counties, and other government entities use funds for 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.
“In addition to the obvious visual benefits trees afford our community, we are also mindful of their positive environmental impact,” said Stan Bond, Village of Montgomery trustee.
—Morton Arboretum