funding urban forestry

[saana]

I'm working with the City of San Francisco on their new Urban Forestry program. Right now, we are in the initial stages of planning; namely, looking for funding. I'm curious and looking for resources on what other cities of comparible size have done (ex., parcel taxes, etc.) to fund city-wide projects to increase canopy cover.
Thanks

[Ron Wenrich]

It sounds like a sizable project.  Here's a link that I've found:

http://pubs.cas.psu.edu/FreePubs/pdfs/uh110.pdf

From what I can gather, a lot of this work is done through grants.  If you could organize at a smaller levels, you probably could get some citizen involvement.

Keep in touch on how things develop.  Urban forestry is an area of interest for some here on the board.

[Jeff]

If you are interested I can give you contact information for some folks with the MIDNR that deal in urban forestry. They might have info on some grant sources or other info.