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Lake Forest Park tree board recommends city accept $71,000 SFI grant to assess urban-forest management
Summary
The Lake Forest Park Tree Board voted to recommend that city council accept a roughly $70,600 grant from the Sustainable Forestry Initiative to fund an assessment of the city's urban-forest practices and readiness for SFI certification; board members asked staff to fast-track council consideration this month.
The Lake Forest Park Tree Board voted to recommend that the City Council accept a Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) grant of roughly $70,600 (about $71,000) to fund a citywide assessment of urban-forest management and preparedness for SFI certification.
The recommendation, approved unanimously by the board during the meeting, asks city staff to finalize the grant agreement and present the project to council on an accelerated timeline. "This is a ... almost $71,000 grant from SFI," a board member said while describing the award and the steps remaining to accept the funds.
Board members said the grant would pay for an independent assessment that uses SFI’s urban and community forest…
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