Grants to help Michigan go green with green trees

Nothin’ is more green than trees – unless it’s fall. And, well, it’s fall, but, putting semantics aside, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources have granted 22 communities in the area nearly $100,000 to green up the place by planting trees. Excerpt: Twenty-two communities or groups in metro Detroit were awarded $92,825 in Community Forestry Grants from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, with much of the money to be spent on tree planting. Of the region’s recipients, Novi received the most dollars — $20,000 — for a street tree inventory and plan project, according to the state Web site. Grants totaling $214,665 were awarded to 50 projects statewide. Read the entire article here.