Proclamation Of The Montgomery County Board Of Commissioners, Arbor Day

The Montgomery County Board of Commissioners have decided to proclaim that April 28 will from now on be known as Arbor Day, in honor of trees and our symbiotic relationship. While the use of trees in our everyday lives for wood and paper are always apparent, we should acknowledge that trees help with erosion, give us something wonderful to look at and provide life giving oxygen. There is nothing quite like hearing a slow breeze through the trees on a warm afternoon or evening. It is nice to see The Board setting aside a special day to acknowledge such an important part of life.

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 holiday, called Arbor Day, was first observed with the planting of more than a million trees in Nebraska, and Whereas, Arbor Day is now observed throughout the nation and the world, and whereas, trees can reduce the erosion of topsoil by wind and water, lower our 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 wood products, and whereas, trees in our County increase property values, enhance the economic vitality of business areas, and beautify our County, now, therefore, the Montgomery County Board of Commissioners do hereby proclaim April 28, 2023 as Arbor Day in Montgomery County.

Proclaimed this 24th day of April in the year 2023.

Montgomery County Board of Commissioners

John E. Frey, President

James D. Fulwider, Vice President

Dan Guard, Member

Attested by Mindy Byers, County Auditor