City of Annapolis:  $25,000 
Annapolis, MD
This grant is to fund the purchase and installation of 200 trees that would be planted along city and community property in the Heritage Community.  Residents will water and monitor the growth of the trees planted adjacent to their properties.  The city has set a goal to increase urban tree canopy to 50 percent by 2036 and this project will get trees into the ground to move the city toward the achievement of that goal.  

City of Cumberland:  $50,000 
Cumberland, MD  
The city of Cumberland's grant request of $50,000 was approved to fund the planting of more than 200 trees, and purchase important tree canopy satellite imagery and data.  The acquisition of imagary and data will provide the city with the evaluation tools necessary for it to establish its own Urban Tree Canopy program, in conjunction with the Maryland Department of Natural Resources.  The Center for Watershed Protection will also provide technical assistance as part of the effort to implement the city's program to increase urban tree canopy.

Herring Run Watershed Association (HRWA):  $47, 815  
Baltimore, MD
The Herring Run grant seeks to increase tree canopy in targeted neighborhoods and schools throughout Baltimore city and county.  The grant funds the planting of 250 trees, equipment, delivery, supplies, outreach materials, and an incentive program to engage homeowners in the initiative.  In cases where planting a tree in the public right of way is not possible, HRWA will pilot a front yard shade tree planting incentive program.  The pilot front yard shade tree program and other neighborhood efforts will complement Baltimore city's larger goal to increase tree canopy.

Baltimore City Department of Recreation and Parks:  $50,000 
Baltimore, MD
The city of Baltimore was the first community in Maryland to set a goal for increasing its urban tree canopy. By 2035, the city seeks to double its urban tree canopy from 19.8 percent to 39.6 percent.  Grant funding will support a community coalition building coordinator to create and implement strategies for increasing tree canopy on private and public properties in the Jones Falls watershed and to assist in the planting of 2,000 trees.

City of Hyattsville:  $8,000 
Hyattsville, MD 
This grant will support the acquisition of tree canopy satellite imagery and data.  This information will help the city to assess the percentage of existing canopy and to set a goal to increase Hyattsville's overall urban tree canopy.