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DETROIT EDISON TREE PLANTING GRANTS AWARDED LANSING--Grants totaling $67,610 have been awarded to 20
Michigan communities for tree planting projects in
southeastern Michigan. The grant program, now in its third
year, is funded by Detroit Edison and administered by the
Department of Natural Resources Urban and Community Forestry
Program. More than 13 million trees have been planted in the
13 counties that make up the Detroit Edison service area
since the program began in 1998.
The grant program was developed in partnership with Detroit
Edison, the principle operating subsidiary of DTE Energy
Co., to improve environmental quality and quality of life in
our urban and suburban communities through planting and
maintaining healthy trees. Healthy trees remove carbon
dioxide from the air by sequestering carbon and releasing
oxygen. The program is part of DTE Energy's voluntary
participation in the U.S. Department of Energy Climate
Challenge Program.
Please call the contact listed above for this year's award recipients.
Source: MDNR
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