Get Your Free Tree!

It's been awhile since Hurricane Rita took the trees in your front yard. Are you missing them? Just a little shade to ease the heat is possible thanks to Operation Green Streets. OGS is a project funded by the USDA Forest Service and Texas Forest Service to replant the urban forest of Southeast Texas. OGS is working with local partners to get shade back into your yard. According to the project's website, planting the right tree in the right place can:

• reduce your cooling bill
• reduce noise
• clean the air you breathe
• increase your property value
  

Who qualifies?

• Texas residents living in Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange, or Tyler County.

• You must be living in a residential home within the City limits. (apartments and businesses are not eligible)

• Households that have not received a free shade tree from Operation Green Streets. (one tree per house)

Click here to get your free tree. Trees will be available for pick up on November 10, 2007 or February 8, 2008 at a designated site near your home. Identification will be required.

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