Office of the Mayor

Proclamation

Lawrence, Kansas

 

 

WHEREAS:   In 1872, J. Sterling Morton proposed to the Nebraska Board of Agriculture that a special day be set aside for the planting of trees; and

 

WHEREAS:   The year 2008 marks the 136th Anniversary of this holiday called Arbor Day, and was first observed with the planting of more than a million trees in Nebraska; and

 

WHEREAS:   Trees can reduce the erosion of our precious topsoil by wind and water, cut heating and cooling costs, moderate the temperature, clean the air, produce oxygen and provide habitat for wildlife; and

 

WHEREAS:   Trees are a renewable resource giving us paper, wood for our homes, fuel for our fires, and countless other wood products; and

 

WHEREAS:   Trees in our city increase property values, enhance the economic vitality of business areas, and beautify our community; and

 

WHEREAS:   Lawrence, Kansas has been recognized in it’s 30th year as a Tree City, USA, by The National Arbor Day Foundation and desires to continue its tree-planting ways;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Michael Dever, Mayor of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, do hereby proclaim the week of  April 22-25,2008  as

 

“TREE CITY USA WEEK”

 

and

Friday, April 25, 2008 as

 

“ARBOR DAY”

 

and urge all citizens to support efforts to care for our trees and woodlands, to support our City’s community forestry program, and to plant trees to gladden the hearts and promote the well-being of present and future generations.

 

                                                                                                        

                                                                   Michael Dever, Mayor

 

                                                                   April 22, 2008