COUNTY RECIPIENT (city/village) AMOUNT Allen Johnny Appleseed Metro Park $15,000 Athens Amesville $2,500 Auglaize Minster $8,983 Butler Oxford $15,000 Clermont New Richmond $2,301 Clinton Wilmington $15,000 Crawford Galion $14,815 Cuyahoga Beachwood $11,812 Brooklyn Heights $11,075 Cleveland Heights $15,000 Maple Heights $2,750 Olmsted Falls $9,809 Pepper Pike $11,850 Richmond Heights $15,000 South Euclid $15,000 Darke Union City $4,799 Franklin Bexley $15,000 Canal Winchester $8,728 Grandview Heights $6,415 Groveport $15,000 Washington Township $3,530 Hancock Findlay $2,000 Hardin Ada $13,179 Jefferson Toronto $3,500 Lake Mentor $15,000 Licking Granville $6,620 Logan Bellefontaine $15,000 Lorain Oberlin $12,866 Lucas Maumee $2,498 Oregon $15,000 Toledo $12,866 Waterville $3,000 Medina Medina $3,000 Miami Tipp City $15,000 Morrow Cardington $6,899 Muskingum Zanesville $15,000 Ottawa Elmore $2,000 Perry New Lexington $3,000 Portage Ravenna $15,000 Scioto Portsmouth $15,000 Seneca Attica $2,000 Summit Hudson $15,000 Macedonia $2,250 Richfield $7,500 Warren Lebanon $9,194 Washington Marietta $15,000 Wood Bowling Green $12,696 Perrysburg $5,625 Rossford $15,000

OHIO COMMUNITIES RECEIVE $480,000 IN BICENTENNIAL
TREE PLANTING GRANTS

COLUMBUS, OH -- Forty-nine Ohio communities have been awarded a total of $480,000 in Bicentennial Legacy Tree Planting Grants to plant trees along public rights-of-way, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR).

"A hundred years from now many of these trees will still be growing, providing shade, wildlife habitat and beauty for our state," said John Dorka, chief of the ODNR Division of Forestry. "Ohio is a better place for all our residents thanks to the hard work of volunteers and communities across the state who have participated in these tree planting efforts."

Administered by the ODNR Division of Forestry, the program reimburses communities for tree planting projects. When combined with previous grants, more than $1,550,000 has been awarded for tree planting projects in a total of 128 communities since the program was initiated four years ago in celebration of the state's Bicentennial.

Grants are funded by a percentage of air pollution fines collected by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency and are awarded on a competitive basis, with communities providing a 50 percent match in local funds.

Through the Bicentennial Legacy Tree Planting Program, trees were also planted along roadways, on abandoned surface-mine lands and on state wildlife areas.