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MEDFORD, Mass. (WBZ NewsRadio) —The City of Medford is celebrating more than $100,000 in grant funding to research and study ways to bolster the community's climate resiliency.
The grant funding comes from the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EOEEA) and will go towards an 'Urban Forest Vulnerability Assessment.' The findings will allow the City to better understand how climate change is impacting the community and it's urban forest directly.
“We need to have as much data and information as possible to continue to develop dynamic long-term strategies for our urban forest to successfully flourish and grow despite the growing challenges caused by climate change,” said Mayor Lungo-Koehn. “This Vulnerability Assessment will be essential to strengthening our tree system as we plan for the changing climate of the future. Thank you to our DPW Commissioner Tim McGivern and our Tree Warden Aggie Tuden for their work to secure this important funding.”
“With our climate changing, there are multiple environmental risk factors that may arise like extreme weather events, heat and drought, and sea level rise that can make our tree canopy vulnerable,” said Aggie Tuden, Tree Warden. “This assessment will help us gain a clearer picture of how we can strengthen our urban forest and develop a successful plan for the future.”
The project is expected to be completed by early summer 2024.
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