WilesDoug1Jamestown (CSi) Jamestown City Forester, Doug Wiles has received notice that Jamestown has received the Number One grant project ranking by the North Dakota Forest Service this fall. It is the second Number One grant ranking received by the Jamestown Forestry Department in two years

The ranking centers around a tree planting project planned for next year in Jamestown. The Number One ranking means the project is the highest priority and the most likely to receive funds.

Wiles said the project will utilize the gravel-bed nursery, which was funded by a previous No. 1- ranked grant from the state Forest Service and built in 2014.

Wiles has been city forester for the past two years.

He says the new project involves a cooperative effort between the city of Jamestown, Jamestown Parks and Recreation Department and University of Jamestown to plant 77 trees along Hospital Hill.

233 trees planted along the East Business Loop this spring are all intended to improve the diversity of tree species in Jamestown,

City Beautification Committee member, Bob Martin says the top ranking of the two projects may have played a role in the Jamestown Forestry Department receiving the “Community of the Year Award” from the North Dakota Forest Service in September.