Project Canopy, the Maine Forest Service’s urban and community forestry program, has formed a new partnership with GrowSmart Maine to provide the project’s outreach and communications functions.
The partnership, required under Project Canopy’s funding grant from the U.S. Forest Service, began this month. The relationship is designed to enhance Project Canopy’s education and outreach efforts throughout Maine’s communities, according to officials from both programs.
Project Canopy, under MFS and the Maine Department of Conservation, is funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service Community Forestry Assistance Program, which has as its mission the promotion of natural resource management in populated areas and the improvement of quality of life. The MFS program funnels community-forestry grants to Maine municipalities and sponsors a variety of outreach and educational programs.
Under the new, one-year grant partnership, Kimberly Ballard, GrowSmart office manager and membership coordinator, will become Project Canopy’s new outreach director. Her responsibility will be to provide increased communications and outreach for Project Canopy, including development and delivery of training programs for municipal staff and volunteers. She will work with community leaders to encourage planting and care of trees in Maine’s villages, downtowns and cities, and to promote management and public use of town forests.
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