COUNCIL BLUFFS – Order forms are now online for MidAmerican Energy Company residential customers in the Council Bluffs area to purchase discounted trees. Through MidAmerican Energy’s Plant Some Shade program, customers can purchase up to two, 2.5- to 10-foot landscape trees for $30 each, including chinkapin oak, northern pin oak, hophornbeam and eastern white pine. Tree order forms are available at www.midamericanenergy.com/ia-res-trees.aspx.  Please contact Pottawattamie County Conservation at (712) 328-5638 before placing your order to ensure availability.

Advance purchase is required. Trees will be available for pickup Saturday, April 28th, from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. at Harrah’s Casino parking lot, located at 1 Harrah’s Boulevard in Council Bluffs. To ensure all MidAmerican Energy customers have the opportunity to participate, tree purchases are initially limited to two trees per household. In the event additional trees are available on distribution day, they will be released for purchase at 8:30 a.m. on a first-come, first-served basis until all trees are sold.

The Plant Some Shade program promotes long-term energy savings by encouraging residents to plant trees around their homes. Strategically placed deciduous trees provide shade on hot summer days, easing the cooling load on air conditioners, while conifers shield homes from blustery Iowa winter winds. Plant Some Shade is funded by MidAmerican Energy in partnership with Pottawattamie County Conservation and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources’ Forestry Section.