August 17, 2026

Englewood’s tree canopy tells the story of a community built out decades before Highlands Ranch or Lone Tree existed. Blocks near Broadway, Cherokee Street and the South Platte River trail are lined with silver maple, honeylocust, American elm and cottonwood that have been growing for fifty years or more, many on lots too small to […]

Highlands Ranch’s tree canopy has matured. Neighborhoods planted in the 1980s and 1990s along the Highline Canal and throughout Backcountry communities now carry decades-old honeylocust, bur oak, Colorado blue spruce and Autumn Blaze maple. At nearly 6,000 feet, these trees face heavy clay soil, high wind exposure and sudden hailstorms that stress branches and bark