DNREC seeks tree planting projects

DOVER — The Tree for Every Delawarean Initiative is seeking funding requests for tree-planting projects that will be completed in 2025.

Funding requests can include multiple projects and may range from $10,000 to $90,000. Non-governmental organizations with 501(c)(3) status, state agencies, conservation districts, counties and municipalities, public school districts, private K-12 schools, colleges and universities and business entities responsible for corporate campuses are eligible to apply.

Combined with other funding sources, community efforts and individual plantings, approximately 225,000 trees will have been planted by the end of 2024, nearly a quarter of the way toward the program’s goal of 1 million trees.

A total of approximately $240,000 will be awarded in October.