11.12.2012
Update: Tom Eblen, Lexington Herald-Leader, has an excellent story on this subject in the December 2 newspaper. The urban forest of Lexington, KY is in serious decline as a result of extremely poor management. Large amounts of taxpayer money are spent to plant and maintain trees in Lexington’s parks and on its streets, but we [...]
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02.13.2009
The $790 billion stimulus bill, now out in final form, does not include funding for urban forestry improvements that were in the original House version of the bill. The original bill included funding within wildlands fire management that could provide urban forestry funding: $550,000,000… for State fire assistance hazardous fuels projects, volunteer fire assistance, cooperative [...]
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