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Commission readies Arbor Day events and eyes Heritage Tree program ahead of council action

Sandpoint Urban Forestry Commission · April 24, 2026

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Summary

Sandpoint commissioners reviewed plans for the Arbor Day celebration Saturday (10 a.m.–1 p.m., library campus), seedling donations from the Idaho Department of Lands, a photo contest (entries due May 1) and discussed advancing a heritage tree definition and potential commission-run heritage-tree program to council.

Vice Chair Paige Belfry reviewed Arbor Day event logistics and outreach: the event is scheduled for this Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the library campus; if weather requires, the event will move indoors except for the outdoor tree-planting workshop. Staff said the Idaho Department of Lands will donate three seedlings per attendee on the city's behalf.

The commission also discussed a photo contest (open through May 1) to collect candidate trees for a heritage-tree list once a formal definition is adopted. A staff participant (Holly) asked to place a heritage-tree program on the commission's next agenda and suggested the commission could administer such a program without a formal code change, though commissioners preferred to see that item formally agendized before deeper discussion.

Next steps: commissioners will help publicize Arbor Day, staff will remind absent members of the event, and Holly will bring a heritage-tree program agenda item to a future meeting for Commission consideration.