Specialist receives $1.6 million tree grant
John Pennington, extension water quality educator for the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture, secured $1.6 million in grant funding to plant more than 166,000 native trees throughout six counties in central Arkansas over the next three and a half years.
The Central Arkansas Tree Planting Project began with a grant funding program from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, initiated under the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act. Funding was allocated to Metroplan, a federally designated metropolitan planning organization for central Arkansas.
PHOTO: Orange sugar maple trees line a paved driveway. (Adobe Stock │ #179289287 – Margaret Burlingham)
