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April 28, 2006

Tree celebrations on Arbor Day

Today’s a good day to plant a tree, given that it’s Arbor Day in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and many other states.

Providence Mayor David N. Cicilline plans to mark the day with students at Perry Middle School and with the Providence Neighborhood Planting Program, by planting 21 new trees at 9:15 a.m. He’ll talk about the city’s tree inventory program and Providence’s designation as Tree City USA by the National Arbor Day Foundation for the 20th consecutive year, the longest running Tree City designation in the state.

Also today, the state Department of Environmental Management celebrates 100 years of forestry service in Rhode Island with an Arbor Day ceremony at 10 a.m. at the Division of Forest Environment headquarters, 1037 Hartford Pike (Route 101) in North Scituate. People are invited to tour the facilities today and tomorrow. The DEM will also announce the winners of state grants that will allow the planting of nearly 200 trees around the state.

Posted by Kate Bramson  at 8:50 AM | Permalink

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