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Pensacola staff: $1 million Arbor Day federal grant terminated; city to rely on violation fines and local funds for tree work
Summary
City staff told the Environmental Advisory Board that a federal Arbor Day grant worth about $1 million has been terminated. Staff said the city will rely on tree-trust and enforcement funds to keep tree-planting programs and will pursue outreach and ordinance changes to reduce future violations.
Catherine, a city staff member, told the Environmental Advisory Board that the federal Arbor Day grant the city expected to use for urban forestry work has been terminated. "The one and only federal funding that the city of Pensacola has lost is our million dollar Arbor Day grant. It's officially terminated," she said.
Staff said the termination will not halt planting plans, because the city has collected violation fines that have bolstered the tree trust fund. Catherine estimated those funds amounted to roughly a quarter of a million dollars in recent months…
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