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Montana Urban & Community Forestry Grant Awards
Excellence Awards
Grant Amount: $1,000
Nomination Deadline: Fall 2012
The Urban Forestry Excellence Awards recognize communities with outstanding achievements in creating and maintaining a sustainable urban forestry program. Communities from three regions of Montana-Northwest, Southwest and East are selected. These communities show exemplary efforts in advocating proper practices in urban forestry and promoting the benefits of the program. Each is presented with their award during the Montana League of Cities and Towns conference in the fall. The award consists of a special plaque and a $1,000 grant towards an urban forestry project within the community.
For more information, please contact your DNRC Urban Forester or local representative.
Congratulations to the 2011 Excellence Recipients, Dillon, Livingston, Shelby!
Arbor Day Grant
Arbor Day grants help communities celebrate Arbor Day by aiding in the purchase and planting of one or more trees. Arbor Day in Montana occurs on the last Friday in April.
New Arbor Day Grant Application Process for 2012
The DNRC Urban and Community Forestry program is restructuring the Arbor Day Grants process for 2012. Our goal is to simplify and streamline the entire process of receiving an Arbor Day Grant. Our new process will make it easier to apply for, receive, and report on the Arbor Day Grant. Please read the following information regarding the new changes.
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Tree City USA Communities since 2010 will be eligible for a $750 grant. This amount was reduced from $1,000. |
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Any Community can apply for a $300 grant. This amount has not changed. |
| Please note that communities must use the new 2012 application forms, earlier application forms will not be accepted. | |
Match is no longer required; however, it is strongly encouraged. The former matching requirement of 35% will not apply for 2012 Arbor Day Grants, but tracking this information remains important for adhering to United States Forest Service recommendations. Montana Urban & Community Forestry relies heavily on communities to show these additional efforts in order to document the effectiveness of the UCF program in Montana.
The following information outlines the elements of this new process:
- The new Arbor Day Grant Application and Contingent Award Agreement form is now a combination of your application and your grant agreement.
- The Arbor Day Grant Application and Contingent Award Agreement will serve as your authorized grant agreement so the terms within this document should be closely examined.
- Grants will be awarded on a first-come, first-served basis and conditional upon completeness and accuracy of your Arbor Day Grant Application and Contingent Award Agreement form.
- Upon DNRC approval of your application, DNRC will process payment up-front to the community. This funding can then be used for the purposes outlined in your Arbor Day Grant Application and Contingent Award Agreement.
- As noted in the Arbor Day Grant Application and Contingent Award Agreement, you will still need to track your expenses and any matching funds used for the grant, along with volunteer hours, number of trees planted, and publicity.
- In June, DNRC will send out a survey document where the reported information will be used to determine the overall success of the grant. This survey replaces the project report form that was previously used to claim expenses for reimbursement.
Arbor Day Grant funds are considered ‘tree-centric’. While flowers and other plants are, and should be, part of any good landscape design, trees are the only plant materials for which Arbor Day Grant funds should be used.
All Communities requesting a $300 Grant
Grant Amount: $300 for all communities
Application Deadline: January 1st of each calendar year
Application: Arbor Day Grant Application and Contingent Award Agreement $300
All “Tree City USA” Communities requesting a $750 Grant
Grant Amount: $750 for all Tree Ciy Communities since 2010
Application Deadline: January 1st of each calendar year
Application: Arbor Day Grant Application and Contingent Award Agreement $750
Link to 2012 Arbor Day Grant Changes Memo (doc)
Link to Arbor Day Proclamation(pdf)
Program Development Grant
Grant Amount: $2,000 to $20,000
Match Amount: An additional 100% of grant award
Application Deadline: October 31st, 2011
Program Development Grants are available to Montana Cities, Towns and Tribal Governments interested in conducting innovative projects in Urban Forestry. These may include, tree inventories; development of an Urban Forest Management Plan; or writing a City/County approved Tree Ordinance.
Program Development & Grant Application (pdf) (doc)
Please check back for the 2012 Program Development Awards Announcement!
Urban and Community Forestry Forms
UCF Project Report Form (pdf) (doc)
SAMPLE UCF Project Report Form (pdf)
SAMPLE UCF Long Term Maintenance Plan (pdf)
Tree Planting Specifications (pdf) (doc)
Bid Verification Form (pdf) (doc)
