More than six-dozen trees are being planted this week along a stretch of Interstate 5 in Tacoma, City of Tacoma officials announced Tuesday.

The project is part of the City’s Urban Forest program, which aims to manage, protect, and expand Tacoma’s tree canopy. The effort is a partnership between the City of Tacoma, Washington Conservation Corps, and the Washington State Department of Transportation. In total, 75 trees will be planted along the freeway near the South 84th Street overpass. The species of trees used were selected for their drought and disease tolerance, as well as their resistance to the effects of urban pollution, according to City officials.

More information about the City of Tacoma’s Urban Forest program is available online here.

To read the Tacoma Daily Index‘s complete and comprehensive coverage of the City of Tacoma’s Urban Forest program, click on the following links:

• Schuster Slope: Public meeting April 30 to discuss management plan (Tacoma Daily Index, March 30, 2015)
• After ‘game-changing’ injuries, Tacoma’s urban forester resigns (Tacoma Daily Index, Feb. 11, 2015)
• 2 contractors bid on project to clean up Schuster Slope (Tacoma Daily Index, Sept. 23, 2014)
• Schuster Slope: Cleanup crew needed for 16-acre open space area (Tacoma Daily Index, Sept. 10, 2014)
• Tacoma City Council OKs state grant for urban forest program (Tacoma Daily Index, Oct. 9, 2013)
• Tacoma’s Hilltop Diversitree Project kicks off Oct. 11 (Tacoma Daily Index, Oct. 7, 2013)
• State grant could help grow Tacoma’s urban forest program (Tacoma Daily Index, Oct. 4, 2013)
• Anonymous donation aims to bring more street trees to Tacoma’s Hilltop neighborhood (Tacoma Daily Index, Aug. 16, 2013)
• Tacoma’s Swan Creek Park focus of urban forestry restoration project (Tacoma Daily Index, Aug. 13, 2013)
• Work begins soon to preserve Schuster Slope’s urban forest (Tacoma Daily Index, July 30, 2012)
• Tree pruning planned along Ruston Way (Tacoma Daily Index, March 27, 2012)
• Tacoma Urban Forest messenger bags on sale (Tacoma Daily Index, Oct. 6, 2011)
• New UW tree canopy study shows Tacoma closer to goal (Tacoma Daily Index, July 28, 2011)
• Tacoma Urban Forest Project “upcycled” bags on sale June 15 (Tacoma Daily Index, June 13, 2011)
• Time running out to see Urban Forest Project banners on Pacific Avenue (Tacoma Daily Index, May 20, 2011)
• Tacoma moves closer to creating its heritage tree register (Tacoma Daily Index, April 21, 2011)
• Celebrate Arbor Day, Tacoma’s urban forest April 2 (Tacoma Daily Index, March 23, 2011)
• Tacoma’s Urban Forest Project deadline extended (Tacoma Daily Index, Feb. 9, 2011)
• Artists sought for downtown Tacoma urban forest project (Tacoma Daily Index, Jan. 11, 2011)
• 6 new signs mark Tacoma’s Tree City USA anniversary (Tacoma Daily Index, Jan. 5, 2010)
• Revised urban forestry plan could protect Tacoma’s heritage trees (Tacoma Daily Index, June 9, 2009)
• Tacoma plants record 803 free street trees (Tacoma Daily Index, Dec. 17, 2008)
• Preserving Tacoma’s Heritage Trees: An interview with Marshall McClintock (Tacoma Daily Index, Aug. 27, 2008)
• Saving Tacoma’s Urban Arbor: Will the city create a register of heritage trees? (Tacoma Daily Index, Aug. 26, 2008)