(The Center Square) – Thirty-five Minnesota communities received, combined, $2.4 million in state grants to protect urban forests, the state’s Department of Natural Resources announced Friday.
Funding is for tree inventories, management plans, ash tree removal, treatment with non-neonicotinoid insecticides, tree planting, and materials to support newly planted trees.
Communities will use the funding for tree inventories, management plans, ash tree removal, treatment with non-neonicotinoid insecticides and tree planting.
Three area cities are among 35 Minnesota communities that recently received a collective $2.4 million boost in their ability to protect urban forests from the invasive insect species emerald ash