ARBOR DAY

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ARBOR DAY
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A CELEBRATION OF STEWARDSHIP

• Stewardship means taking care of our
  environment and natural resources. The future of
  tree-shaded streets and parks, clean water,
  productive farms and bountiful forests depends
  upon each of us playing our part as good stewards.

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TREES ARE IMPORTANT

• Trees They hold up the mountains. They cushion
  the rain storms. They discipline the rivers.
  They control the floods. They break the winds.
  They foster the birds.
• John Stewart Collis

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Plant A Tree! Celebrate Arbor Day!
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Favorite Trees

• Oak
• Sugar Maple
• Hickory
• Pine
• Elm
• Cherry

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PLANT A TREE

• He who plants an oak looks forward to future
  ages, and plants for posterity. Nothing can be
  less selfish than this.
• . Washington Irving

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HISTORY OF ARBOR DAY

• The idea of Arbor Day originally came from
  Nebraska. Among the pioneers moving into the
  Nebraska Territory in 1854 was J. Sterling
  Morton. Morton was a journalist and editor. He
  advocated tree planting in his articles and
  editorials.

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• On January 4, 1872, Morton first proposed a
  tree-planting holiday to be called Arbor Day.
  In 1885, Arbor Day was named a legal holiday in
  Nebraska.
• During the 1870s other states passed
  legislation to observe Labor Day, and the
  tradition began in schools in 1882.

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• Other holidays repose upon the past Arbor Day
  proposes for the future.
• J. Sterling Morton

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Plant a tree for the future!

• Visit www.arborday.org to learn more about arbor
  day and classroom activities.

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Thank you for coming!

• Zela Elementary