Friday, April 27, 2012

Arbor Day

  • Happy Arbor Day 2012! Plant a tree! Hug a tree! Love a tree! This eco-tastic holiday was founded in Nebraska in 1872 by J. Sterling Morton, an editor who wrote racist, pro-slavery editorials (!) but was fascinated by trees.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • In the Louisiana parish that was home to generations of my family, people lived hard lives as field hands or sharecroppers, laboring from can see in the morning to cant see at night.
  • (Los Angeles Times)
  • In celebration of Arbor Day, you can plant a tree in Haiti simply by taking a quiz on Facebook. Clothing retailer Timberland is encouraging people to celebrate Arbor Day today with the re-launch of its "Hortiscope" quiz on Facebook.
  • (Mashable.com)
  • On this Arbor Day, when people are encouraged to plant trees, meet a Kentucky physician who has planted more than 750,000 of them on his own land. Dr.
  • (CNN (blog))
  • The Wayland-based Lynch Landscape Tree Service will partner with the Massachusetts Tree Wardens Association, local community groups and hundreds of state certified arborists for the Massachusetts Arborists Association's (MAA) Arbor Day of Service.
  • (Abington Mariner)
  • Reno, NV (KRNV mynews4.com) -- Truckee Meadows Community Forestry Coalition and the City of Reno are hosting a tree planting event 1 p.m. Friday April 27, 2012 at Idlewild Park to celebrate Arbor Day.
  • (msnbc.com)
  • COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Columbus is now home to a select group of cherry trees after todays Centennial Celebration of the Gift of Trees at Franklin Park Conservatory.
  • (Yahoo Finance)
  • JUNO BEACH, Fla., April 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Tree branches and palm fronds are among the most common causes of power outages and flickers.
  • (Yahoo Finance)
  • POINT PLEASANT BEACH — G. Harold Antrim Elementary School played host school for the Ocean County Shade Tree Commission's annual Arbor Day celebration.
  • (Asbury Park Press)
  • FLINT, MI -- More than 1,000 trees have been planted on a 60-acre portion of the former Chevy in the Hole site as part of a cleanup effort that will help transform it from a concrete wasteland to a greener space along the Flint River.
  • (MLive.com)

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