Four Boynton Beach areas have received grant money to replace trees destroyed in hurricanes Frances, Jeanne and Wilma. A contractor hired by the non-profit environmental grant group, Keep Palm Beach County Beautiful, Inc., will do the planting, and recipients will maintain the trees.
Brighton Lakes, a 124-home development on Military Trail north of Woolbright, lost pines, oaks and palms, and received nearly $10,000 from the 30 new trees will be planted at it’s Military Trail entrance. As a result of recent hurricanes this community has borne a heavy price for tree loss. Hurricane Wilma resulted in loss of new trees that had been planted after previous hurricanes.
Boynton Beach High School received 21 new trees in early 2004 from the group,
Some of which were lost in the hurricanes, so the school applied for a $10,000 reforestation grant to put new trees throughout the campus.
Forty-one trees will be planted at a passive 2 ½ acre park under construction at State Road A1A and Woolbright Road in Ocean Ridge where Hurricane Wilma destroyed or damaged strangler figs and palm trees.
Funds were also received for new trees along the Federal Highway medians in Boynton Beach. The City, as well, is contributing $11,970 for 31 new trees along the medians.
Glenda Hall, forestry and grounds manager for Boynton Beach, said the planting must go on. "You have to continue forward like it's OK," said Hall, who added that trees aren't only for looks. They clean and cool the air and break up wind so that it doesn't hit buildings with full force, she said. "People don't realize that trees are a benefit when it comes to hurricanes," Hall said.As part of its $150,000 Hurricane Reforestation Program, to provide 460 new storm-tolerant trees in publicly visible areas of the county, the group chose 16 locations throughout Palm Beach County to receive money to restore tree canopy. Each project will total $10,000 or less.
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