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Sacramento is known as the "City of Trees" and the Sacramento Tree Foundation is working to ensure that our city retains that title for many generations to come. Tree Foundation Programs include: -Community Shade -Cool Communities -Mistletoe -Nature -NeighborWoods, -Sacramento Northern RR Parkway, -Shade Tree Program, -Save the Elms Program (STEP), -Seed-to-Seedling -Regional Urban Forest Strategy Sacramento Tree Foundation Happenings Find a Certified Arborist in your area Sacramento Tree Foundation Tree List City of Sacramento Tree Services Guide with addresses to Established Tree Sites KVIE Video, "Branching Out: Your Guide to California Trees"	The Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD), in collaboration with the Sacramento Tree Foundation, operates the Sacramento Shade Program. Since adding trees to your landscape helps reduce the energy load during peak usage, SMUD makes free trees available to its customers. SMUD states that properly placed trees can reduce your energy bill by 40%, not to mention raising your property value! Call 916.924.TREE (8733) to get your free SMUD Trees! If you live in Roseville, the Roseville Shade Tree Program is being sponsored by Roseville Electric and the Roseville Urban Forest Foundation (RUFF). Through the tree program, over 8,000 trees have already been planted throughout Roseville. Visited an arboretum lately? The 100-acre UC Davis Arboretum offers a peaceful setting with over 4,000 trees and plants, while the 3-acre CSUS C.M. Goethe Arboretum collection has grown from 45 trees in 1959 to over 300 types of trees and plants. Capitol Park, at the State Capitol, has a wonderful collection of large and unusual trees. Stop by the Capitol for a tree tour map. Tree specimens are labeled.	Trees Native to the Sacramento Region: -blue oak (Quercus douglasii) -California black walnut (Juglans californica hindsii) -California sycamore (Platanus racemosa) -interior live oak (Quercus wislizenii) -valley oak (Quercus lobata) -western redbud (Cercis occidentalis) Existing specimens are worth preserving. They add a sense of maturity and character to your landscape and are perfectly adapted to our mediterranean climate. In addition to native tree preservation, greater Sacramento needs continued planting of native trees. Without continued planting, our future landscape will likely have a very different look and much higher water requirement. For more information about native trees, contact the California Oak Foundation and the California Native Plant Society, Sacramento Valley Chapter.