Is your city a Tree City USA?  If you live anywhere in Colorado, the answer is likely to be “yes.” That’s not just because most people consider even the most urban parts of the state to lean toward the natural, but because many Colorado towns and cities exhibit the following standards and qualifications:

1. A Tree Board or Department
2. A Tree Care Ordinance
3. A Community Forestry Program With an Annual Budget of at Least $2 Per Capita
4. An Arbor Day Observance and Proclamation

These fine Colorado tree lovers have been a Tree City USA for many years:

• Arvada
• Aurora
• Brighton
• Broomfield
• Boulder
• Castle Rock
• Colorado Springs
• Commerce City
• Delta
• Denver
• Estes Park
• Golden
• Highlands Ranch
• Lakewood
• Windsor
• Wheat Ridge
• Westminster
• US Air Force Academy–in Colorado Springs
• Northglenn
• Lyons
• Loveland
• Longmont

To find a list of all the Tree Cities in Colorado, visit http://www.arborday.org/programs/treeCityUSA/index.cfm

Photo by Flickr–Creative Commons, by Marina Cast.