[Press Release] : Arbor Day tree giveaway will be held Saturday, April 4

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 26, 2009

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

Arbor Day tree giveaway will be held Saturday, April
4							

	(COLUMBIA, MO) - City of Columbia TreeKeeper volunteers and
Columbia Parks & Recreation will honor Missouri Arbor Day with a tree
giveaway on Saturday, April 4. Seven hundred bare-root seedlings will be
given away beginning at 8:30 a.m. at the parking lot of the ARC, 1701
West Ash.  
	TreeKeeper volunteers and Parks & Recreation Department forestry
staff will be on hand to distribute the seedlings to the public and
answer any tree questions. Seven species of trees will be available,
including redbud, pin oak, tulip poplar, pitch loblolly pine, black gum,
flowering dogwood, short leaf pine and white oak. Members of the public
may take two trees of different species.
	TreeKeeper volunteers participate in a 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 rights of way. In 2008, 54 TreeKeepers gave 507 hours
of service to the city valued at nearly $10,000.  
	The next TreeKeepers class will begin in early 2010. 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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