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RFP Issued for the National Urban and Community Forestry Challenge Cost-Share Grant Program

The U.S. Forest Service recently issued a Request for Proposals for the National Urban and Community Forestry Challenge Cost-Share Grant Program. There is approximately $900,000 available for projects within four issue areas:

• Energy conservation and urban forests,
• Climate change and urban forests,
• Public health and urban forests, and
• Green infrastructure assessments. 

Applicants are encouraged to contact and work with their Forest Service Regional Urban and Community Forestry Program Manager in developing their proposal. A contact list of regional program coordinators may be found on the National Urban and Community Forestry Web site: http://www.fs.fed.us/ucf/contact_regional.html

Application information is available on www.grants.gov (Search: Opportunity: USDA-FS-UCF-01-2010, or CFDA, 10.675, Agency Forest Service). A copy of the grant package is also available on the Forest Service Urban and Community Forestry website at http://www.fs.fed.us/ucf/nucfac.html.

Pre-proposals are due Dec. 15, 2009.