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COMMUNITY FORESTRY AND LANDSCAPE GRANT PROGRAMS FOR NEBRASKA
Thoroughly Green articles continued from August E-news, "Tips for Obtaining Nursery Stock" and "Just for Fun: Late Summer Recipes"
Statewide Community Landscaping Funds awarded by the Nebraska Environmental Trust
| Trees for Nebraska Towns (TNT) application due October 1, 2011 |
NOTE: * TNT funds are NOT available for private individuals or homeowners. If you are interested in coordinating a neighborhood wide tree-planting project we suggest working through your neighborhood association or local government to apply for a TNT grant.
Funding and technical assistance to improve species diversity and foster better planting and maintenance practices for trees and landscapes. Projects must include the planting of large-maturing trees and must demonstrate high-quality and sustainable tree planting and care practices. Projects should also help conserve water and improve stormwater.
TNT is funded by the Nebraska Environmental Trust (NET), a beneficiary of the Nebraska Lottery. Application deadline: October 1, 2011.
Contact Kendall Weyers at (402) 472-6693; kweyers2@unl.edu.
Grant application and directions at ReTree Nebraska
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Greener Nebraska Towns. Congratulations to recipients of GNT funding from the Nebraska Environmental Trust: Bellevue, Chadron, Fremont, Grand Island, Hastings, North Platte, Ralston and Scottsbluff!
These communities will receive assistance with planning, tree-planting, waterwise and landscape projects and will be relied on to serve as leaders and models for other communities in terms of landscape planning, planting, care and management.
Waterwise Landscapes Initiative
The Nebraska Environmental Trust has allocated approximately $725,000 to fund the Waterwise Landscapes Initiative.a statewide, multi-partner, three-year effort to develop model sustainable landscapes and enable partnering communities to develop the plans, tools and incentives to achieve more sustainable use of natural resources.
The Initiative will be undertaken in partnering communities chosen through a competitive process that establishes need, desire, ability and strategic geographic distribution. Communities will be chosen over a two-year cycle. At least 20 public sites will be chosen for development of model landscapes (likely including some NSA affiliate sites). For more information, contact Justin Evertson at 402/472-5045. Waterwise website
Other statewide grant opportunities for Nebraska communities
Design and Plant Selection
for Sustainable Landscapes
Plant Diversity
Design, Plant Selection & Maintenance Recommendations
Design Assistance from Nebraska Statewide Arboretum Consultants
Specifications for Partnership Projects
Tree Planting Detail
NSA Community Landscape Award Winners 1980-2009
Nebraska Statewide Arboretum, Inc.
P.O. Box 830964
University of Nebraska
Lincoln, NE 68583-0964
402-472-2971
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