English tree planting challenge will help plant 130,000 trees

This week, England announced an plan to plant at least 130,000 trees in cities and towns throughout the country as part of the Forestry Commission's Urban Tree Challenge Fund. The challenge, endorsed and announced by environment secretary Michael Gove, allows individuals, municipalities, nonprofits and non-governmental organizations to access trees and maintenance funding as long as they can prove they have funding to continue to maintain the trees after a three year funding period.

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