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Savannah Tree Foundation awarded $1 million, 4-year grant to address equitable tree planting in Chatham County.
Savannah Tree Foundation has been awarded a $1 million, four-year grant to fund its Chatham Canopy Corps program, which addresses tree inequity and provides green job training opportunities in Chatham County. The program will focus on employing three full-time arboriculture apprentices each year, as well as on planting trees in historically underserved areas.
The grant was awarded by the Georgia Forestry Commission as part of its federally-funded Trees Across Georgia (TAG) program, created by the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.
“We are thrilled for this opportunity to expand Savannah Tree Foundation’s impact while building on our 41-year history of protecting and growing Chatham County’s urban forest”
– Zoe Rinker, Executive Director (STF)
“The Georgia Forestry Commission’s mission of protecting and enhancing community forests would not be achievable without amazing partnerships such as the one we have with Savannah Tree Foundation. The Canopy Corps program will not only get trees planted in places they are needed most in the County, but will also open an avenue for more people to get engaged with their community forests and the arboricultural industry.”
– Seth Hawkins, Georgia Forestry Commission
