HomeMy WebLinkAboutProclamation 01- Arbor Day April 27 2001
PROCLAMA TION
ARBOR DA Y
April 27, 2001
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WHEREAS, In 1872, J. Sterling Morton proposed to the Nebraska
Board of Agriculture that a special day be set aside for the
planting of trees; and
WHEREAS, this holiday, called Arbor Day, was first observed with the planting of more than a million
trees in Nebraska, and Arbor Day is now observed throughout the nation and the world;
and
WHEREAS, trees can reduce the erosion of our precious topsoil by wind and water, cut heating and
cooling costs, moderate the temperature, clean the air, produce oxygen and provide
habitat for wildlife; and
WHEREAS, trees are a renewable resource giving us paper, wood for our homes, fuel for our fires
and countless other wood products; and
WHEREAS, trees in our city increase property values, enhance the economic vitality of business
areas, and beautify our community; and
WHEREAS, trees, wherever they are planted, are a source of joy and spiritual renewal; and
WHEREAS, the City of Bozeman has been recognized as a Tree City USA by The National Arbor Day
Foundation and desires to continue its tree planting ways.
NOli\/, THEREFORE, I, Marcia B. Youngman, Mayor of the City of Bozeman, do hereby proclaim April 27,
2001 as
'~RBOR DA Y"
in the City of Bozeman, and encourage the citizens of Bozeman to celebrate Arbor Day and to support efforts
to protect our trees and woodlands, and
FURTHER, I urge all citizens to plant trees to gladden the heart and promote the well-being of this and future
generations.
SEAL IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my
hand and caused the Great Seal of the City of Bozeman, in
the State of Montana, to be affixed at Bozeman, Montana,
this 16th day of April in the year of our Lord Two Thousand
and One.
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MARCIA B. YOUNGMAN, Mayor