Western Lake Erie Basin EAB Community Grant Program
Ash-lined Woodmont Street in Toledo PRIOR to full EAB impact
The Ohio Division of Forestry has developed a grant program to help communities remove hazardous ash trees along public rights-of-way, restore lost tree canopy cover, and enhace watershed health within the target area. Communities interested in this two-year effort should review the 2011 Application & Guideline document and address any questions to Stephanie Miller, NW OH Regional Urban Forester. First round applications are due by December 15, 2010.
Woodmont Street in Toledo AFTER EAB
Ash Removal & Replacement Grant Program
Environmental Outcome: Maintained and functional urban forests will provide communities with clean air and water, increase property values, reduce erosion and stormwater runoff, create wildlife habitat, moderate urban climate, and lessen energy demands for heating and cooling.
Economic Outcome: Ohio’s devastated nursery industry will benefit from the sale of stock used to replace ash. The arboriculture industry will need to service the tree removal requests, and tree installation will be handled by landscape contractors. Preemptively reducing a community’s ash population will greatly lessen the economic burden that is an inevitable consequence of a full EAB infestation.
Safety Outcome: The removal of EAB infested and soon to be infested ash will lessen the safety hazards posed by dead and dying ash trees.
 2011 Grant Instructions and Application Form - Grant Period Closed
Funding Available to Communities in the Western Lake Erie Basin for Hazard Ash Tree Removal and Replacement
Federal grant funds totaling $300,000 are available to northwest Ohio communities heavily impacted by the emerald ash borer (EAB). More...
The 23 successful applicants in round one of this grant program will remove 2,347 ash trees and install 1,446 replacement trees.
The 12 successful applicants in round two will remove 1,580 ash trees while installing 280 non-host EAB trees. |