Biden Forest Service Hands Out Over $100 Million To Advance ‘Tree Equity’

[mystery-ak]

Biden Forest Service Hands Out Over $100 Million To Advance ‘Tree Equity’


Robert Schmad
Contributor
September 26, 2023 7:38 PM ET


The U.S. Forest Service is allocating more than $100 million for grants meant to achieve “tree equity,” according to a Daily Caller News Foundation analysis.

The Forest Service announced on Sept. 14 that it had allocated over $1 billion toward expanding “access” to trees, including 17 grant proposals that promote “tree equity” with a total value of $101,096,371. “Tree Equity” is a term first coined by American Forests, a conservation nonprofit, that blames the lack of trees in minority neighborhoods on “redlining and other discriminatory policies,” according to the organization’s website.

The Forest Service argues on its website that planting trees will reduce crime and improve health outcomes. The grants are funded through the Inflation Reduction Act, Biden’s signature climate law.

While trees cover nearly half of Atlanta, the most coverage in the nation according to Trees Atlanta, the Forest Service approved a grant to the city for $10 million to “address issues related to tree equity” and develop a “sustainable, diverse nature-based workforce.” Similarly, San Francisco had 14,543 trees per square mile as of 2021, and the Forest Service allocated $14 million to plant more trees this year, the Daily Caller News Foundation reported.

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[Wingnut]

There is unrest in the Forest
There is trouble with the trees
For the Maples want more sunlight
And the Oaks ignore their pleas.

The trouble with the Maples
(And they’re quite convinced they’re right)
They say the Oaks are just too lofty
And they grab up all the light
But the Oaks can’t help their feelings
If they like the way they’re made
And they wonder why the Maples
Can’t be happy in their shade?

[andy58-in-nh]

Under this Administration, reality reads like satire. Absolutely everything they do is stupid, wrong, or crazy.

[Kamaji]

It's a wonder the Babylon Bee doesn't go out of business, considering the farcical nonsense the left is continually coming up with.

[mountaineer]

Some trees are more equal than others, I guess. 

[DefiantMassRINO]

 

Does this mean that black oaks benefit from affirmative action at the expense of white oaks?

[catfish1957]

There is unrest in the Forest
There is trouble with the trees
For the Maples want more sunlight
And the Oaks ignore their pleas.

The trouble with the Maples
(And they’re quite convinced they’re right)
They say the Oaks are just too lofty
And they grab up all the light
But the Oaks can’t help their feelings
If they like the way they’re made
And they wonder why the Maples
Can’t be happy in their shade?

Any post that invokes Peart lyrics is top notch!!!!!~!

[catfish1957]

Some trees are more equal than others, I guess. 

Well in my parts we honor 500 year old Live Oaks.........

OTOH, they don't make enough Round Up to eradicate Chinese Tallow Trees.   

[Hoodat]

There is unrest in the Forest
There is trouble with the trees
For the Maples want more sunlight
And the Oaks ignore their pleas.

[Smokin Joe]

Gee, I wonder if my state (North Dakota, where there's a pretty girl behind every tree*) got a dime?

*You have to know where to look for the trees, here. Keep in mind that the roads were mostly built in the flattest, least obstructed parts of the state--it was cheaper and easier to do it that way.