Funding Amount

$40,000

Deadline

Rolling / Open

Grant Type

foundation

Overview

MSD's Urban Reforestation Program Grant

Funder: Metropolitan Sewer District (MSD), in partnership with Kentucky Department of Environmental Protection and United States Environmental Protection Agency

Program Background: Created to issue grants for tree planting on public and private land

Focus Areas:

  • Tree and shrub planting

  • Native vegetation restoration

  • Stormwater management (trees intercept rainwater and reduce sewer overflow)

  • Air quality improvement
  • Geographic Scope: Louisville, Kentucky area (MSD goal: plant 14,000 trees in Louisville area by 2024)

    Award Amount: $40,000 (Olmsted Parks Conservancy award)

    What Gets Funded:

  • Planting of native trees and shrubs

  • Areas where invasive species (bush honeysuckle) have been cleared

  • Species selection based on area conditions, geography, geology, and historic planting plans
  • Species Planted:

  • Trees: Black Gum, Oak, Hickory

  • Shrubs: Viburnums, Spicebush
  • Olmsted Parks Conservancy History:

  • First grant received in 2012

  • $40,000 grant allowed planting of close to 1,500 native trees and shrubs in Cherokee and Seneca Parks

  • Plantings in areas cleared of invasive bush honeysuckle
  • Focus Areas & Funding Uses

    Fields of Work

    environmental-conservationenvironment

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