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Planting Trees in Silver City since 2025

Silver City NeighborWoods, a Tree NM Statewide Program

Tree New Mexico's NeighborWoods has grown to reach Silver City! This new branch of the Statewide Planting program was established in 2025. Tree New Mexico received a grant through the USDA Inflation Reduction Act to do the statewide tree plantings.  

Since 2025, we have planted 124 trees in Silver City including the Silver Heights Neighborhood. Now NeighborWoods is moving on to plant more of Grant County!

FALL PLANTINGS: NeighborWoods has two plantings scheduled in Fall 2026: August 29 in Bayard and October 17 in Hurley. Check out the Tree NM planting calendar for more events and tree education. If you live in Grant County and would like a free tree planted in your front yard, please submit a request here. We dig the holes and plant the trees for free! Tree adopters must agree to water and care for the tree. Tree New Mexico will provide tree care classes to learn more about trees – both old young and old. 

Byard, New Mexico

Bayard Area Of Interest 3 (AOI3)

Our Fall 2026 plantings in Bayard, New Mexico. This area was selected because the land and surface temperature data shows the mean surface temperatures in many parts of the city can reach 119 – 126 degrees Fahrenheit. This level of heat can have serious human health impacts, particularly for vulnerable populations. Heat is the number one weather-related cause of death in the United States. If you live in Bayard and would like to adopt a tree for your front yard please click button below. If you don't live in this area - please apply as the more interest we receive the higher priority we can give your neighborhood for future plantings . So tell your neighbors. *Hang tight! We’ll get back to you when we can, our tiny team is working hard behind the scenes!
Hurley Map AOI4

Hurley Area Of Interest 4 (AOI4)

Our Fall 2026 plantings in Hurley, New Mexico. This area was selected because the Hurley can get hot, with mean surface temperatures in many parts of town reaching 114 – 117 degrees Fahrenheit. This level of heat can have serious human health impacts, particularly for vulnerable populations. Heat is the number one weather-related cause of death in the United States. If you live in Hurley and would like to adopt a tree for your front yard please click button below. If you don't live in this area - please apply as the more interest we receive the higher priority we can give your neighborhood for future plantings . So tell your neighbors. *Hang tight! We’ll get back to you when we can, our tiny team is working hard behind the scenes!
Grant County - Click here to Adopt a Tree
Grant County - Click here to Volunteer
Silver CiTREE - Facebook Group

Learn more about Silver City NeighborWoods

Silver City NeighborWoods is an effort to increase the urban tree canopy in the region. Primarily we plant trees on private property, specifically front yards that border streets to decrease the heat island effect -  a phenomenon where cities experience significantly warmer air and surface temperatures than surrounding rural areas. Did you know in cities up to 80% of land is privately owned? That's why we plant diverse tree varieties on private land - for the largest impact. 

Our sister program is the Southwest Community Forestry Network which plants trees on public property and works to create urban forestry plans with southwest municipalities, which we have utilized to focus our efforts. Please visit their information on Silver City which includes our community's urban forestry plan. 

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