Free street trees to be available

COEUR d'ALENE — The city of Coeur d'Alene has street trees that need homes.

Street trees are planted at residential locations within public right-of-way areas in the city limits through the CDA Re-Leaf program.

Trees are planted for free to enhance neighborhoods and provide benefits, such as mitigating stormwater and reducing pollution.

Trees are available to homeowners who are willing to provide care, including watering and protection from mowers and trimmers, a press release said.

There are a limited number of trees distributed on a first-come, first-served basis.

The tree species still available are emerald sunshine elm, skyline honeylocust, Kentucky coffee tree and Princeton sentry ginko.

If you have power lines over your planting space, the city will have a limited amount of power line rated trees for these sites.

Trees will be planted by a contract tree-planting crew beginning in April. Interested homeowners can apply beginning Feb. 13. The deadline to apply is March 17.

Contact urban forester Nick Goodwin with the Parks Department to sign up for a street tree at [email protected].

Info: www.cdaid.org/parks