Operation ReLeaf
Wanatee Park, Linn County
Saturday, October 7, 2017
Alliant Energy’s Operation ReLeaf is a program to help Alliant Energy customers save energy in their homes using trees to provide shade during the summer and create wind breaks during the winter. For maximum energy efficiency, shade trees should be planted within 30 feet of the east and west and evergreens should be planted as a windbreak on the north and west of your home.Call 811 before you dig.811 is the national phone number that initiates the free process of locating and marking the underground utility lines in your yard. It is required by law that you contact 811, Iowa One Call 1-800-292-8989 or iowaonecall.com at least three business days before you dig.Alliant Energy customers are eligible to purchase up to two trees for $25 each (average retail cost per tree is $65.00) with the remaining cost funded through a grant from Alliant Energy). Advance purchase is recommended. In the event that additional trees are available on distribution day, they will be released for purchase at 9:00am on a first come/first served basis or until all trees are sold. Trees must be picked up on 10/7/2017 between 7:30am and 9:00am at Squaw Creek Park (4305 Squaw Ln, Marion). Any trees not picked up by 9:00am on distribution day will be considered a donation to the Linn County Conservation Board.Trees are non-refundable, exchanges will not be accepted, and plant material is under no warranty and/or guarantee.In exchange for the Customer’s participation in this program, Customer agrees that Alliant Energy, Iowa DNR, or Linn County Conservation Board shall not be liable, in contract, tort, and strict liability otherwise, for any damages arising out of the administration of this program. Alliant Energy makes no warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to any material supplied under this program. Operation ReLeaf is a partnership initiative funded by Alliant Energy and administered by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources – Forestry and Linn County Conservation Board.Complete the application below and mail by 9/29/2017 with a check for $25 per tree, payable to Linn County Treasurer.Don’t purchase a tree that will be doomed to an early death by improper planting; attend a short free workshop to learn the most common errors that will kill your tree! One lucky workshop participant will receive a free landscape tree to be raffled off at the end of the workshop. Workshop begins at 8:15pm, to register send an e-mail to laura.wagner@dnr.iowa.gov.TREES AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE (190 trees available) – Shade trees are 5-8 feet tall in 7-0 gallon containers; Conifers and ornamentals are 3-5 feet tall.London Planetree ‘Exclamation’Ohio Buckeye Sugar Maple American Elm ‘Princeton’ Sassafrass Saucer Magnolia Black Oak Edible Cherry ‘Montmorency’ White Fir Dawn Redwood (deciduous conifer)
