Arbor Day picks U-M for Tree Campus USA planting kickoff

Wednesday, November 19, 2008 | Source: Concentrate
It's almost too fitting that the Arbor Day Foundation picked the University of Michigan's campus --in a city commonly referred to as Tree Town-- as one of the kick-off points for its Tree Campus USA program.

The program recognizes college campuses and surrounding communities committed to planting, maintaining and celebrating trees. There is a particular interest in schools that exhibit best practices in urban forestry.

Walk through U-M's Diag and it's easy to see why it is getting a coveted spot in the program's inner circle. Among the other participating schools are Northern Kentucky University, University of Texas, Arizona State, Oregon State, the University of Nebraska, Virginia Tech, the University of California-San Diego and Jackson State in Mississippi.

Each school will be recognized with a tree-planting event. About 1,000 trees will be planted during the Tree Campus USA events.

Source: Arbor Day Foundation
Writer: Jon Zemke
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