Feds award $1 billion to plant trees, combat extreme heat, including $100 million for California

California is among the states that will share in more than $1 billion in federal funding to help plant trees in an effort to mitigate extreme heat and combat climate change, officials announced last week.

The Golden State will receive about $103 million in grants from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service, which will go toward 43 grant recipients across Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego and other California communities for tree planting and maintenance, urban canopy improvements and other green efforts.

The funding comes from President Joe Biden’s landmark Inflation Reduction Act and marks the act’s largest