Charles H. Bronson, Commissioner    -    James R. Karels, Director

Florida Forest Health Improvement Initiative

Request for Proposal:

• The deadline for submission of applications was February 12, 2010.
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The goal of this initiative is to improve the overall health of community forests.

Funding will be used to provide grants to local governments, non-profit groups, and educational institutions, as much as $24,000 each with no matching requirement. Approximately 60% of the available funds will be awarded for tree planting projects on public lands. The concepts of Right Tree/Right Place and Going Native will be emphasized. The remaining funds will be awarded for remedial pruning to improve the health of existing publicly owned trees, treatments such as soil aeration to improve tree stability and nutrient uptake, and a limited amount for removal of hazardous trees. Grant recipients will have to hire private vendors to provide trees and perform these treatments.

Total available funding for these grants will be $1.4 million. The submission deadline for applications was February 12, 2010. Review of these applications will take place on March 10-11, 2010 and awards will be announced no later than April 1, 2010.

• Download the list of FHI Applicant Submissions (pdf)

Contacts

• Charlie Marcus, Urban Forestry Coordinator
  Florida Division of Forestry
  3125 Conner Blvd. Suite R3
  Tallahassee, FL   32399
  
  Telephone: 850/ 921-0300
  Email: marcusc@doacs.state.fl.us