CITY OF AUBURN APPLIES FOR TREE REPLACEMENT GRANT

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The city of Auburn is applying for a $50,000 state grant to replace ash trees damaged by the Emerald Ash Borer.

The state DEC has launched the Tree Planting in Disadvantaged Communities After Ash Loss Grant Program to help communities whose ash trees have been devastated by the invasive pest. The DEC says the Emerald Ash Borer was first spotted in New York in Cattaraugus County in 2009. It has has since spread to every New York county but three.

 

Auburn City Clerk Chuck Mason says the grant money will also be used to remove damaged trees, which can become a hazard. 

 

If the state approves the grant application, the city will begin planting new ash trees in the fall of 2023.

Listen to my full FLX Ted Podcast with Chuck Mason below. We recap the City Council meeting every Friday.