The Trump administration’s efforts to end federal diversity, equity and inclusion programs has hit an unexpected target: In February, communities around the country learned that funding was canceled for a nationwide tree-planting program aimed at making neighborhoods cooler, healthier and more resilient to climate change. …In a letter terminating the contract, the U.S. Forest Service stated the program “no longer aligns with agency priorities regarding diversity, equity and inclusion.” The U.S. Department of Agriculture, which houses the Forest Service, said in an emailed statement that the agency was complying with President Trump’s executive orders. …“That has nothing to do with this grant funding. The word ‘equity’ is pervasive in the grants that were funded by this, but in a totally different context,” Susannah Burley, ED Sustaining Our Urban Landscape, said, adding that in this context, equity meant planting trees in neighborhoods without them.