The time has come to take a stand for the trees. Not just because a tree is a tree, but because of the history and purpose of trees in Jackson Hole. Townâs earliest settlers recognized how trees block wind and offer cooling shade when they began planting them more than a century ago. Along the way, as neighborhoods developed in the valley, trees were added adjacent to dwellings, along fence lines and streets. Itâs only in recent years that mature landscaping has seemed to get the ax in the name of progress, with building envelopes being pushed to the edges of residential lots and large box-shaped homes replacing sprawling green yards.