Project Title: Growing community-driven resilience: Urban forestry, restoration, and food forests in Fulton, NY

Award Amount: $130,987

Program: NYS Department of Environmental Conservation, Environmental Justice Community Impact Grant

Grant Period: 2025-2028

Project Description: ASLF and the Fulton Garden Club have teamed up and have been awarded an EJ Community Impact Grant to achieve the following in Fulton:

• Install/upgrade a simple container/grow-bag tree nursery at North Bay (with irrigation)
• Plant a small food forest (20-25 trees or shrubs) 
• Remove and replace 5 dead ash trees at Indian Point 
• Replace additional 15 missing/dead trees at Indian Point 
• Partially restore pollinator garden with river views at Indian Point 
• 3-5 outreach and education events, workshops, meetings
• Tree giveaways at Fulton Garden Club plant swap
• Stipend for an exceptional youth intern to assist with nursery maintenance and other grant related tasks
• Production of a nursery management plan
• Final case study/white paper report