Celebrate Arbor Day Friday
Celebrate Arbor Day Friday
The Center for
Sustainability and Physical Plant have teamed up for the second year in a row
to celebrate Arbor Day, an awareness event created to inspire people to plant,
nurture and celebrate trees.
Every year on the third Friday in February, Arbor Day is recognized in Georgia. This Friday, Feb. 21, the event will take place on Georgia Southern’s campus on the new trail behind the Lady Eagle Softball Stadium from 9 – 10 a.m.
“Arbor Day is important, especially in Georgia because our economy is largely based on the forestry industry,” said Subhrajit Saha, Ph.D., professor of biology and Fellow of the Center for Sustainability. “Our students need to know the importance of trees, and Arbor Day helps them to have love and affection for them. If they plant the trees, they will have a connection to them, and that connection helps us to maintain forestry and sustain the natural resources of Georgia.”
Deans, members of faculty
and staff and students are expected to plant 50 to 100 longleaf and slash pine trees ranging from three
to eight feet tall during the event.
The campus community is encouraged to attend. “Anyone can take part in helping
to plant the trees,” said Saha.
Started by Nebraskan pioneer J. Sterling Morton, Arbor Day began in 1872. It was later recognized as a legal holiday in schools and became a nationwide tradition 1882. Today, state Arbor Days are scheduled to coincide with the best tree planting weather – from January and February in the South and to May in the far North.
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