Student and adult volunteers rolled up their sleeves this week to plant 400 tree seedlings on Tubbs Hill. Urban forestry coordinator Katie Kosanke said the project was a great success thanks to the city’s Urban Forestry Committee, Community Canopy volunteers, the Tubbs Hill Foundation as well as students from Coeur d’Alene High School’s biology class. A combination of larch and ponderosa pine tree seedlings were planted in areas where brush was has been removed for fuel reduction purposes. The new trees will provide canopy and shade which will help reduce the density of the shrubs (ladder fuels) naturally, making Tubbs Hill a safer place for recreation.


Students Bryan Riddle and Bella Klein from CDA High School plant a larch tree on Tubbs Hill