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Raleigh Awarded Matching Grant For Street Tree Inventory Effort

On Nov. 3, the Raleigh City Council accepted a $10,000 matching grant from the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources (NCDENR) for the second phase of the City’s Street Tree Inventory Project.

In the first phase of the project, the City of Raleigh purchased GPS units and began collecting detailed information on City-owned trees. City staff will accumulate data on the number, condition, size, species and locations of the trees. The information, once completed will include valuable data on more than 100,000 street trees, and will be entered into the City’s computer network. The $10,000 grant and its matching funds will be used to complete the data collection effort (with volunteers and interns from North Carolina State University), provide training for Tree Steward volunteers, and allow for further integration of the data into various City-maintained computer systems. (more…)