The City of Littleton is proud to offer a Forestry Subsidy Program, an initiative that provides financial assistance or incentives to support responsible management of urban forests. The goal is to reduce costs for property owners while improving green space and overall community resilience.
The city has a limited amount of funds housed in an account with the long-term goal of pursuing a fair and equalized distribution of canopy cover throughout the city. The fund is refilled by fees and fines associated with forestry operations. Eligible applications can get up to $500 per year reimbursed off their tree care bill! Services include chemically protecting ash trees against emerald ash borer, planting new trees in low-canopy neighborhoods, and hazardous tree mitigation.
Program Details
City of Littleton’s forestry staff has authority to determine tree eligibility including, but not limited to, determining appropriate candidate for chemical treatment, hazard ranking via tree risk assessment model, sustainable planting locations, and priority.
The program offers reimbursement of up to 100% of costs, with a maximum benefit of $500 per household per calendar year!
Services
Ash chemical treatment:
- Systemic trunk injections for ash trees 10-inch DSH (diameter at standard height) or greater.
*We do not support any foliar spray treatments.
New Tree Plantings:
- New tree planting through a contracted company (limited to low canopy neighborhoods)
Hazardous Tree Mitigation:
- Undesirable Ash removals: Must be removed to a stump of less than 24 inches in height.
- Hazardous tree mitigation: Trees that have been declared hazardous. Forestry staff has liberties in determining “hazardous.”
- Priority goes to trees that pose potential threat to public right-of-way (ROW).
Requirements
- Staff will be required to inspect and approve the subsidy for “hazardous mitigation " BEFORE the work is complete.
- All work must be performed by a City of Littleton licensed company (view Licensed Arborists).
- All chemical treatment must be performed by applicators who are licensed by the State of Colorado.
- Tree must be in the City of Littleton (view city limit map).
- Commercial and industrial properties are not eligible.
- Only one application allowed per address per calendar year (never to exceed $500).
- We cannot retroactively reimburse for treatments completed in previous years.