Community Forestry AmeriCorps

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,500,000
Fund Source
Environment & Natural Resources Trust Fund
Recipient
ServeMinnesota
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
In Progress
Start Date
June 2026
End Date
June 2026
Project Overview

Over three years, we will train, deploy, and support 150 members to build more resilient ecosystems in communities statewide. Members will focus on planting trees and conducting tree inventories.

Project Details
Legal Citation / Subdivision
M.L. 2023, Chp. 60, Art. 2, Sec. 2, Subd. 07a
Appropriation Language

$1,500,000 the first year is from the trust fund to the commissioner of natural resources for an agreement with ServeMinnesota to preserve and increase tree canopy throughout the state by training, supporting, and deploying AmeriCorps members to local agencies and nonprofit organizations to plant and inventory trees, develop and implement pest management plans, create and maintain nursery beds for replacement trees, and organize opportunities for community engagement in tree stewardship activities.

2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,500,000
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

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Measurable Outcome(s)

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Project Manager
First Name
Sharon
Last Name
Delcambre
Organization Name
ServeMinnesota
Street Address
120 S 6th Street
Suite 2260
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Zip Code
55402
Phone
(612) 333-7740
Email
Sharon@serveminnesota.org
Administered By
Administered by
Location

500 Lafayette Road
St. Paul, MN 55155

Phone
651-296-6157
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