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Tree Protection in Twin Falls County, ID (2026)

2 rules for unincorporated Twin Falls County, Idaho.

Verified from official government sources

Note: These county rules apply to unincorporated areas of Twin Falls County. If you live within an incorporated city, that city's own rules apply: see the city list below.

Heritage & Protected Trees

Section 2-3-8 has the county tree board develop criteria for 'trees of significance or historical trees' and asks to be told before a historic tree is removed, pruned, or affected by right-of-way construction, so it can document and record the tree, but it creates no removal permit and no binding protection order.

Twin Falls County Historic Tree Documentation

Few Restrictions

Twin Falls County Code § 2-3-8

The board will develop criteria to determine and distribute information on trees of significance or historical trees. The board requests information on the location of historic trees scheduled for removal, pruning or area construction prior to such action within the right of way area, by either the homeowner, Idaho Power or the highway districts. The board also requests the opportunity to send ...

Parkway Planting

Twin Falls County has no county-wide setback table for street or parkway tree planting. Section 2-3-6 holds county parks and other county property to ISA ANSI A300 standards, while § 2-3-7 sends tree selection and planting-distance questions along road easements to whichever area highway district's own regulations apply.

Twin Falls County Road Easement Tree Planting

Few Restrictions

Twin Falls County Code §§ 2-3-6, 2-3-7

The county parks and all other county property with growing trees will be kept to the same minimum standards for tree care referenced the International Society of Arboriculture ANSI300 standards in section 2-3-7 of this chapter. ... Standards for tree selections and planting distances off of road easements refer to the area highway district regulations and literature.

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