Post Falls tree giveaway canceled

POST FALLS - Post Falls' annual free tree giveaway has been canceled.

The "Plant-A-Tree for Free Day" was held each spring as part of Arbor Day activities.

"Due to economic difficulty experienced by the Oregon tree nurseries this year, there was not the regular overstock that our sponsors needed in order to purchase the trees at discounted prices," said Brendan Murphy, Post Falls urban forester. "Our generous sponsors, therefore, could not afford the trees at the regular wholesale cost."

About 3,000 landscape trees were given away last April. The tree giveaway was sponsored by local real estate and development businesses for the past seven years before ending this year.