One Schuyler County village has been awarded Urban Foresty grant funding from the state DEC.
Montour Falls has been selected to receive $26,000 from the State’s Environmental Protection Fund. Along with Montour Falls, the 17 other communities awarded funding were selected from 28 applications, and evaluated on cost-effectiveness, project planning, use of partnerships, support of disadvantaged communities, and inclusion of an outreach and education component.
According to the DEC, the project selected provides urban forest managers with an essential baseline understanding of urban forest conditions and support strategies to assess community forest needs and the equitable distribution of forest benefits.
