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Poulsbo tree board discusses DNR grant opportunities, evergreen-city status and forest banking
Summary
Members discussed applying for tree-planting funds, pursuing an 'evergreen city' designation as a credential and exploring a forest-banking project to conserve mature trees.
Board members reviewed funding pathways to support canopy work beyond the assessment. They discussed DNR grants as an immediate source for planting funds and said they would continue to press city staff to pursue the evergreen-city designation, which staff described as a credential (not a guaranteed funding source).
Members also raised the idea of forest banking — creating conserved areas to preserve mature trees — as a longer-term strategy to retain canopy. The board agreed that many ordinance or planning changes take time and that the immediate goal was to close grant deliverables and then pursue funding and policy options.
