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*FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: *Nov. 29, 2023
*Contact:?*Carey Skerven, DNR Forestry Operations Associate
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DNR Offers Free Tree Seedlings To Wisconsin Fourth Graders Ahead Of Arbor Day 2024

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The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is offering free tree seedlings to every fourth-grade student in Wisconsin as part of the department?s annual?Arbor Day tree planting program. / Photo Credit: Wisconsin DNR

*MADISON, Wis.*?? The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is offering free tree seedlings to every fourth-grade student in Wisconsin as part of the department?s annual?Arbor Day tree planting program [ [link removed] ].

Wisconsin fourth grade principals, teachers and those who homeschool can now place seedling orders and coordinate delivery by completing the?2024 Arbor Day application [ [link removed] ]?by March 15, 2024.

Planting seedlings from state nurseries is a great way to celebrate Arbor Day (April 26, 2024) which is dedicated to increasing the number of trees across the country to help improve the environment. By ordering seedlings, you can help.

Through its fourth grade Arbor Day tree planting program, the DNR provides interactive education to Wisconsin students around the importance of trees within our environment. Annually, the DNR provides approximately 50,000?free tree seedlings to fourth-grade students throughout the state.

Seedlings come protected to keep backpacks clean and shipments include educational information on how to best plant and care for seedlings and trees.

?Trees provide a variety of benefits to both people and the planet. They give off oxygen, trap carbon dioxide, feed and provide shelter for furry forest creatures and provide materials to build a variety of essential household items,? said Heather Berklund, DNR Chief State Forester. ?This program enables us to bring forest education directly to the hands of students and teach them about the importance of trees and of managing and restoring our forests.?

In 2021, Gov. Tony Evers?signed an?Executive Order [ [link removed] ]?pledging to protect and restore Wisconsin?s forestland by planting 75 million trees by 2030 as part of the?U.S. Chapter of the Global Trillion Trees Initiative.

Arbor Day is a holiday during which individuals and groups are encouraged to plant trees. The holiday originated in Nebraska in 1872 and is now celebrated nationally. Wisconsin?s Arbor Day is celebrated on the last Friday in April and is usually linked with Earth Day.

For more ways to celebrate this important holiday,?visit the DNR?s Arbor Day webpage [ [link removed] ].







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