The Village of Kohler is one of 58 applicants given a share a of a $1.5 million Urban Forestry Grant program announced on Thursday.
The Wisconsin DNR said that the program, funded by both state and federal dollars along with a dollar-for-dollar match, supports an initiative to increase and improve the urban forest canopy, something that experts say provides local heat mitigation, removes pollutants from the air and improves mental health.
Kohler will be using its $6,238.00 award for Ash tree removal and replacement. Kohler’s was one of only three awards issued in east-central Wisconsin; the other two were the Village of Slinger and Beaver Dam’s Wayland Academy.
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