[Press Release] : Arbor Day tree giveaway will be held Saturday

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 21, 2008

CONTACT: Leigh Britt, Volunteer Coordinator
(573) 874-7504
or
Chad Herwald, Forester
(573) 874-7520

Arbor Day tree giveaway will be held Saturday		
						
	(COLUMBIA, MO) - City of Columbia TreeKeeper volunteers and
Columbia Parks & Recreation will honor National Arbor Day with a tree
giveaway this Saturday, April 26. Seven hundred bare-root seedlings will
be given away beginning at 9 a.m. at the ARC parking lot, 1701 West Ash.
 
	TreeKeeper volunteers and Parks & Recreation Department forestry
staff will be on hand to distribute the seedlings and answer tree
questions. Six species of trees will be available, including redbud,
bald cypress, pin oak, tulip poplar, Norway spruce and pitch loblolly
pine. Members of the public may take two trees of different species.
	TreeKeeper volunteers participate in a six-week course on tree
identification, planting, pruning and other management topics and are
then asked to volunteer on tree projects in Columbia’s city parks and
along trails and right-of-way. In 2006, 63 TreeKeepers gave 514 hours of
service to the city valued at more than $9,500.  
	The next TreeKeepers class will begin in early 2009. To find out
more about the tree giveaway or volunteering with the city of Columbia,
call the Office of Volunteer Services at 874-7499 or visit
www.GoColumbiaMo.com. 

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