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Pharr accepts $1.18 million Texas A&M Forest Service grant to plant about 6,000 trees
Summary
The Pharr City Commission voted to accept a three-year, $1,180,000 Community Greening Transformation grant from the Texas A&M Forest Service to plant and distribute roughly 6,000 native trees, fund workshops, and host community planting events targeted at flood- and heat-vulnerable areas.
The Pharr City Commission voted to accept a $1,180,000 Community Greening Transformation grant from the Texas A&M Forest Service to fund a three-year tree-planting and education program aimed at heat- and flood-vulnerable areas.
City staff member Bernie Vargas told the commission the grant will support planting and distributing about 6,000 native trees across the city over three years, and will include community planting events, giveaways and workshops on tree maintenance. "This highly competitive grant is designed to help…
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