Trees? We like them, don't we?

Today is Arbor Day. [In this era of artificially moving holidays to specific days of the week, I don’t know why this made-up holiday isn’t held on Saturday, but it doesn’t seem to be.]

I had not intended to mention this, since it really is not particularly local and everybody loves trees, at least until the birds come to the one by where he/she parks his/her car.

But thanks to Joe Kimball of MinnPost I have been made aware of some local happenings which will take the spirit of Arbor Day well into May. The complete list of events can be seen in Mr. Kimball’s post, but it is worth noting that in addition to planting 300 trees in the Bruce Vento Nature Sanctuary [and isn’t it a bit unnatural for humans to introduce life into a nature sanctuary?], Como Park will receive more than 100 new trees. This seems to be a smart idea after all the natural demolition which took place a couple of years back.

Kimball’s post also notes that volunteers are still needed for this endeavor on Saturday, May 2 and he provides a link for those interested.