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Albany secures Coastal Conservancy grant for Albany Hill wildfire resilience and monarch habitat trial
Summary
The city won a Coastal Conservancy grant with El Cerrito to fund a demonstration wildfire‑resilience and habitat project on Albany Hill that includes selective removal of 25–50 trees on the Taft side, planting 24 trial monarch‑friendly trees, community milling workshops and workforce training for an urban restoration crew.
The City of Albany will use a new Coastal Conservancy grant, in partnership with the city of El Cerrito, to begin demonstration work on Albany Hill aimed at reducing wildfire risk while improving habitat for pollinators.
Margo Cunningham, the city’s Natural Areas coordinator, told commissioners the grant will fund selective removals — roughly 25 to 50 trees on Albany Hill’s Taft side and up to 190 removals in El Cerrito — and a pilot program to plant 24 trial trees selected for monarch habitat. The project pairs vegetation management intended to reduce risks posed by dense, declining stands of eucalyptus…
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