If your home has an eastern, western or southern exposure that heats up during the summer, you may be eligible to receive free trees from SMUD.
Since 1990, SMUD, in collaboration with the Sacramento Tree Foundation, has planted more than 350.000 SMUD trees in the Sacramento area.
Together we continue to provide expert advice on tree selection and planting techniques, and healthy trees from 4 to 7 feet tall, along with stakes, ties, fertilizer and tree delivery at no cost to you. All you do is promise to plant and pledge to care for the trees.
OK, so it's not a joke.
I would advise the SMUDsters to stay the hell away from my area. People paid a LOT of money for these views and will not take kindly to anyone wanting to add more trees to block them.
It appears we have pretty much reached the point where something more than the ballot box and mere chitchat is going to be required. Both the federal and state governments continue to tread on thin ice. And it's starting to crack.