Targeted tree planting as an extreme heat solution continues in the Las Vegas Valley with another opportunity to snag a tree on the local government’s dime.

To celebrate Arbor Day on Monday, Clark County is giving out 2,300 trees to residents — but only if they live in a ZIP code considered to suffer the most from the urban heat island effect . Those neighborhoods, where refuge from the sun is lacking and pavement amplifies extreme heat, can experience temperatures that are up to 9 degrees hotter than parts of the valley with better tree cover and more green spaces, according to a 2024 study.

In an urban region where it’s common to hear jokes that orange construction cones are the state flower, these efforts remain paramount for extremely hot desert summers.

Last year, which brought the

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