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

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 30, 2010
 
CONTACT: Leigh Britt, Volunteer Programs, 874-7504
    Chad Herwald, Forester, 874-7520
 
Arbor Day tree giveaway will be held Saturday
 
(COLUMBIA, MO) – City of Columbia TreeKeeper volunteers and Columbia
Parks & Recreation will honor Missouri Arbor Day with a tree giveaway on
Saturday, April 3. Seven hundred bare-root seedlings will be given away
beginning at 8 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 and answer questions about
trees. Six species of trees will be available including flowering
dogwood, bald cypress, Shumard oak, tulip poplar, redbud and shortleaf
pine. 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 2009, 70 TreeKeepers gave 757 hours of service to the
city valued at over $15,000.  
The next TreeKeepers class will begin in early 2011. To find out more
about the tree giveaway or volunteering with the City of Columbia, call
Volunteer Programs at 874-7499 or visit www.GoColumbiaMo.com. 
 
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