Property owners eligible for tree program

There is some funding available to the Town of Haxtun for a limited number of trees destroyed by the derecho earlier this year. As the area Colorado State University Extension Horticulturist, on behalf of the town Linda Langelo investigated the amount of damage and applied for funding from the Colorado Reforest Grant Program which is specifically for towns devastated by natural disasters. Currently, two grants have been awarded. The Colorado Reforest Grant Program awarded $2,234 for trees and Heginbotham Trust matched the amount for a total of $4,470.

The grant was written based on the need, a...