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Casey Trees warns that proposed lapsing of tree fund and budget timing could halt plantings
Summary
Casey Trees told the committee that DDOT's urban forestry capital funds look front-loaded for FY26 and disappear in later years, and that making the tree fund lapsing would jeopardize planting schedules, the DC State Nursery supply and programs that support vulnerable residents.
Rob Schott, director of tree operations at Casey Trees, told the committee that while the mayor's FY26 budget shows a one-time increase in urban forestry capital funding, the capital allocations drop to zero in FY27'FY29 and the tree fund is proposed to become a lapsing fund. He said those changes could remove the multi-year stability the Urban…
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