City of Colorado Springs celebrates Earth Day with tree planting

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The City of Colorado Springs is celebrating Earth Day by planting trees in Monument Valley Park.

According to a post on Facebook, Colorado Springs Parks, Recreation & Cultural Services planted 18 trees Wednesday morning. 

The trees were paid for by voter-approved ballot measure 2B, which allowed the City to maintain $7 million of excess 2018 TABOR revenue to be used exclusively for City parks, sports and cultural facilities and trail improvements.

If you’re planning to plant a tree this spring, you can add it to the city’s Tree Tracker and help it reach the goal of planting 18,071 new trees by Colorado Springs’ 150th anniversary next year. 

For more information visit https://coloradosprings.gov/tree150