Kiryas Yoel, MonDroe -- D.E.C. Announces Urban Foresty Grant

Kiryas Yoel, MonDroe -- New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Acting Commissioner Denise Sheehan announced that the DEC is awarding community tree planting grants to 17 communities throughout New York.
The grants total approximately $150,000, for tree maintenance and educational projects that explain the importance of planting and maintaining trees in communities.
This year's greening projects were selected by DEC staff from a large pool of 2004 grant proposals.
$10,000 for the Village of Kiryas Yoel, Orange County - to plant 50 three-inch caliper trees on scattered sites. The tree planting process will be used to inform children in the community of the importance of trees. A permanent section on trees has been added in the Kiryas Yoel Schools. third grade curriculum, as a result of earlier funded programs.