More than 10,000 trees to be planted in Spokane County over the next five years
As the Spokane area’s first scorching weather looms, a new program to help local neighborhoods beat the heat with extra tree canopy kicked off in Airway Heights Wednesday.
The Spokane Conservation District received almost $7 million in grant funding through the Inflation Reduction Act, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Forest Service to develop the apprenticeship program and a tree equity planting program, said district operations director Cori Turntine.
The district and other organizations planted three trees Wednesday at the Airway Heights Recreation Center to help with canopy coverage. The organization identified the district as one of the most underserved in terms of tree canopy, and the plan is to plant over 10,000 trees in other underserved communities throughout the county by 2029, Turntine said.