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PROCLAMATION
No. 2022 - 01
2022 Arbor Day Proclamation
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 our precious topsoil by wind and water, lower our
hearing and cooling costs, moderate the temperature, clean the air, produce oxygen and provide
habitat for wildlife, and
WHEREAS: Trees are a renewable resource giving up paper, wood for our homes, fuel for our
fires and countless other wood products, and
WHEREAS: Trees in our city increase property values, enhance the economic vitality of business
areas, and beautify our community, and
WHEREAS: Trees, wherever they are planted, are a source of joy and spiritual renewal,
NOW, THEREFORE: I, Jerry Merrill, Mayor of the City of Rexburg do hereby proclaim May 18,
2022, as Arbor Day in the City of Rexburg, and I urge all citizens to celebrate Arbor Day and to
support efforts to protect our trees and woodlands, and
Further, I urge all citizens to plant and care for trees to gladden the heart and promote the well-
being of this and future generations.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set
my hand and caused the Seal of the City of
Rexburg to be affixed this 2"d day of February in
the year of our Lord two thousand twenty-two.
APPROVED:
ATTEST:
Deborah Lovejoy
REXBURG CITY CLERK
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•** OFFICIAL PROCLAMATION ***
WHEREAS in 1872, the Nebraska Board of Agriculture established a special
day to be set aside for the planting of trees, and
WHEREAS this 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 be a solution to combating climate change by reducing
the erosion of our precious topsoil by wind and water, cutting
heating and cooling costs, moderating the temperature, cleaning
the air, producing life-giving oxygen, and providing habitat for
wildlife, and
WHEREAS trees are a renewable resource giving us paper, wood for our
homes, fuel for our foes, and countless other wood products, and
WHEREAS trees in our city increase property values, enhance the economic
vitality of business areas, and beautify our community, and
WHEREAS trees — wherever they are planted — are a source of joy and
NOW, THEREFORE,
FURTHER,
DATED THIS
spiritual renewal.
to celebrate Arbor Day ar
trees and woodlands, and
Mayor of the City of
do hereby proclaim
as ARBOR DAY
and I urge all citizens
support efforts to protect our
I urge all citizens to plant trees to gladden the heart and
promote the well-being of this and future generations.
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