USC’s Landscaping and Environmental Services Department has been awarded an Urban and Community Forestry grant of $6,600 for training and travel for the department’s arboriculture and landscaping supervisors and managers. The S.C. Forestry Commission administers the grant program and has awarded grants totaling $230,000 to 33 recipients in South Carolina.
The grants were awarded to county and local governments, educational institutions, civic groups, and nonprofit organizations to establish or improve urban forestry programs.
Employees of USC’s landscaping services department will attend an arborist training school, arboriculture and urban forestry workshops, and grounds management seminars. The training will benefit the department’s staff by exposing employees to new techniques, research, and hands-on training in the management of the Columbia campus landscape.
The Urban and Community Forestry Grant Assistance program is designed to encourage public and private planting and maintenance of trees, to improve the understanding of the benefits of trees, and to provide technical assistance to people involved in the planning, development, and maintenance of community forests.
The Urban and Community Forestry grant program is administered jointly by the S.C. Forestry Commission and the USDA Forest Service.
For more information about USC’s landscaping program, contact Tom Knowles, assistant director or Facility Services, at 7-4036 or Tknowles@fmc.sc.edu. For more information on the Urban and Community Forestry grant program, call Liz Gilland, program coordinator, S.C. Forestry Commission at 896-8864.
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