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Port Huron approves $80,000 purchase of 200 trees; proposed reforestation task force fails for lack of second
Summary
City council approved a resolution to buy 200 trees from Marine City Nursery for $80,000 to be planted in fall 2025 and spring 2026; a separate resolution to create a mayoral reforestation task force failed after it received no second.
Port Huron City Council approved a resolution on Oct. 14 to buy 200 trees from Marine City Nursery for $80,000 to be planted in the 2025 and 2026 planting seasons.
City Manager James Freed and Forestry Division Director Jason Coleman presented the planting plan to the council, describing the purchase as part of a multi‑year effort to rebuild the city's canopy after losses from emerald ash borer, storms and infrastructure projects. Coleman described planting larger (3–4 inch diameter) trees to improve survivability in the city's sandy soils and said the city had already planted nearly 300 larger trees since 2021.
Freed said the purchase advances a…
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