Brookfield is among the 10 towns receiving state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection grants.  There is $49,000 in America the Beautiful grants for urban forestry projects. 

Brookfield through its Conservation Commission will use $1,700 to plant trees on the Gurski Homestead property to create a forest buffer as part of its 2013 Earth Day celebration. 

DEEP Commissioner Daniel Esty says these grants will also help implement recommendations of a 2012 report that will better prepare the state for future storm events.