Forest Appreciation Week runs from April 21 to Arbor Day (April 25). / Photograph Credit score: Wisconsin DNR
MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Division of Pure Sources (DNR) is proud to hitch communities, organizations and people all through the state in celebrating bushes and forests throughout Forest Appreciation Week, which runs from April 21 to Arbor Day (April 25) and contains Earth Day (April 22).
Forest Appreciation Week is a time to mirror on the significance of city and rural forests.
“Everybody has a task in guaranteeing that forests proceed to serve an important function within the ecological, cultural and financial well being of our state, our native communities and our particular person lives,” mentioned Carmen Hardin, DNR Utilized Forestry bureau director.
The 17 million acres of forests that cowl almost half of Wisconsin and the hundreds of thousands of city bushes present many advantages, together with:
- Safeguarding water sources
- Creating houses and meals for wildlife
- Supporting the forest business
- Providing a myriad of out of doors recreation alternatives
- Decreasing power consumption and soil erosion
- Offering pure magnificence for stress aid
- Supporting human well being
- Offering shade
- Mitigating impacts of the altering local weather by trapping and storing carbon dioxide
To keep up these many advantages, we must be good stewards of the forest sources.
In 2021, the State of Wisconsin made a tree planting and forest conservation pledge specializing in the stewardship of forests and bushes in each rural and concrete areas, addressing the equitable distribution of the city tree cover and committing to defending forest lands from growth. In 2024, Gov. Tony Evers and the DNR elevated the state’s Trillion Bushes Pledge planting objective from planting 75 million bushes by the top of 2030 to planting 100 million bushes by the top of 2030.
Wisconsin residents can take part within the pledge by:
Wisconsin communities additionally acknowledge the advantages of city forests, and Wisconsin has the third-highest variety of Tree Metropolis USA communities within the nation. Study which communities have earned this designation.
College students may also make a distinction. This 12 months, the DNR donated greater than 54,000 tree seedlings to fourth-grade school rooms throughout Wisconsin to have fun Arbor Day and assist college students be taught concerning the significance of bushes. The DNR additionally donated greater than 500 seedlings to the Badgerland Council of the Woman Scouts of America to distribute at their Arbor Day occasion. Members will obtain credit score towards badges by taking part.
Moreover, the DNR’s reforestation program has equipped Wisconsin landowners with greater than 1.6 billion seedlings since 1911.
These investments in tree planting and forest stewardship by communities, forest landowners and residents of all ages are key to making sure that Wisconsin continues to have wholesome and sustainable city and rural forests that help robust and resilient communities.
Study extra about Wisconsin forestry applications.
NOTE: This press launch was submitted to City Milwaukee and was not written by an City Milwaukee author. Whereas it’s believed to be dependable, City Milwaukee doesn’t assure its accuracy or completeness.
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