Courtesy city of Colorado Springs The City of Colorado Springs, as part of its 150th anniversary celebration, has designated this April as “Tree Month.” Among the activities planned are public tree plantings citywide, an Arbor Day celebration, a virtual lecture “Exploring our Urban Forest” presented by the Pioneers Museum and the University of Colorado Colorado Springs, and weekly educational content on ColoradoSprings.gov that will feature planting tips, and tree care and watering advice from local experts. Courtesy city of Colorado Springs âApril is usually a great month to plant trees in the Pikes Peak Region, and we encourage people to use these free, online resources to make a plan, and then get out there and have fun planting,â the city's forester Dennis Will said in a news release. âBy doing so, youâll be supporting our long-standing history as a Tree City USA, a recognition we first received from the Arbor Day Foundation in 1977. Colorado Springs is actually the longest-running Tree City USA in the state. These roots were planted, literally, by our cityâs founder William Jackson Palmer, and we are proud to continue this tree legacy today through strategic forestry practices, educating residents and thoughtful planning for the future of our urban forest.â  Â