<div dir="ltr"><img src="cid:ii_lrux5u5t0" alt="image.png" width="196" height="75" style="margin-right: 0px;"><div><font color="#38761d">Are you interested in helping your community better manage its trees?  Check out this information from the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry to learn about a grant that will do just that and more.  Click on the link below to see the large number of eligible projects.  Contact Riley Coy at <a href="mailto:Riley.Coy@ag.ok.gov">Riley.Coy@ag.ok.gov</a> to learn more about this great opportunity.</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><img src="cid:ii_lruxkp5o1" alt="image.png" width="165" height="152" style="margin-right: 0px;"><br></div><div style="text-align:left"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Oklahoma
Forestry Services, in cooperation with the United States Department of
Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service (USFS), announces the Urban and Community
Forestry (U&CF) Grant Assistance Program. The program is designed to
encourage communities to create and support long-term and sustained urban and
community forestry programs throughout Oklahoma. No match is required and
eligible communities can apply for grants from $5,000 to $50,000.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">For the grant application that details who and what projects
are eligible, please use this </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://ag.ok.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/2024-IRA-GRANT-FINAL-REQUEST-FOR-APPLICATIONS.pdf" target="_blank" style="color:blue"><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">link</span></a><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">. The application deadline is March
29, 2024 at 5:00 pm CST.  Should you have
any questions about the program and/or application process, please contact </span><span style="color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Urban & Community Partnership
Coordinator/District Forester III Riley Coy at <a href="mailto:Riley.Coy@ag.ok.gov">Riley.Coy@ag.ok.gov</a>.</span></span></p></div><div><div><br></div></div></div>