HomeMy WebLinkAboutProclamation 99- Arbor Day May 3 1999
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PROCLAMA TION
ARBOR DA Y
May 3, 1999
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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
WHEREAS, 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 is tree planting ways.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Alfred M. Stiff, Mayor of the City of Bozeman, do hereby proclaim May 3, 1999
as
"ARBOR 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.
SEA L 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 3rd day of May in the year of our Lord
One Thousand Nine Hundred and Ninety-nine.
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ALFR M. STIFF
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