FCCP Awarded Grant to Help Restore Urban Tree Canopy in Lansing, Michigan

The Forest Carbon and Climate Program along with MassTimber@MSU, the city of Lansing, and the Lansing Board of Water and Light have been awarded funding to plant more than 2,000 trees and train the next generation of urban forestry leaders.

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City of East Lansing

Lansing, MI – The Forest Carbon and Climate program along with MassTimber@MSU, the city of Lansing, and the Lansing Board of Water and Light have been awarded funding to plant more than 2,000 trees and train the next generation of urban forestry leaders.

This project will plant more than 2,000 climate-adapted tree species in the city of Lansing to improve the health and resiliency of the community. FCCP will lead the outreach and engagement with community members along with developing an internship program to educate, mentor, and train future leaders in urban forestry. This project will provide additional funding to develop virtual reality visualization of urban forestry through the Forest + Climate Visualization Partnership. FCCP will also develop and distribute a data-driven case study that highlights project activities and outcomes to model the program for other communities.

MassTimber@MSU will lead a demonstration project harvest urban wood to create nail-laminated timber to help inform community members about the climate and health benefits of using mass timber building systems and important linkages to urban forest health. The nail-laminated timber will be made in partnership with Lansing Tech, the Career and Technical Education high school run by Lansing School District, using wood acquired through local urban forestry activities.

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