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Steamboat Springs — Tree species available through the Routt County Conservation District are beginning to sell out, and the last day to order is April 11.

Landowners with two or more acres are eligible to order trees for the purposes of planting a windbreak, visual screens, reforestation, Christmas tree plantings, erosion control, noise barriers and wildlife habitat improvements. The seedling tree program, offered by RCCD through the Colorado State Forest Service Nursery, enables farmers, ranchers and rural landowners to obtain shrubs and trees at nominal cost.

Several of the seedling trees and shrubs still available as of late February include cotoneaster, caragana, chokecherry, serviceberry, native willow, golden willow, aspen, narrow leaf cottonwood, Colorado blue spruce, Engelmann Spruce, Rocky Mountain Juniper and Douglas Fir. And many other species are available. Although supplies of some potted species have been exhausted, adequate numbers of most species still remain.

Call the Colorado State Forest Service Nursery "sold out" line at (970) 491-8278 before placing your order.

Trees are available in bare root stock at a cost of $36 per group of 50. They average 10 inches to 30 inches in height for deciduous and 5 inches to 12 inches in height for conifer. Trees also are available in potted stock at a cost of $48 for 6 inches to 12 inches in height and 1 12-inch to 2-inch pots, and $28.20 for 4 inches to 6 inches in height and 1-inch pots.

Order forms for the seedling tree program are available at the RCCD office at 1475 Pine Grove Road, Suite 201A in Steamboat Springs, or call (970) 879-3225, etc. 3. RCCD will accept orders until April 11 at the RCCD office. The order should include payment, and a 3.9 percent sales tax must be added to the total. Seedlings will be available for pickup at the RCCD parking lot between noon and 4:30 p.m. May 6. Seedlings must be picked up at this time and date, no exceptions.

Sarah Hagenbush is the Routt County Conservation District manager.