Maine Forest Service honors 20 communities for their urban forestry efforts

AUGUSTA, Maine (WABI) – As we have fun Arbor Day this week, Maine Forest service held an award ceremony, honoring 20 communities for his or her city forestry efforts.

The ceremony was held Monday at Vilas Arboretum in Augusta.

Every neighborhood obtained a Tree Metropolis USA Award, a program that gives the communities with a four-step framework to take care of and develop their tree cowl.

Amongst this yr’s recipients is Farmington, which is being acknowledged for the forty fifth straight yr.

Vince and Kathi Seiwert have been acknowledged because the 2022 Maine Excellent Tree Farmers of the 12 months.

It’s about wanting ahead and cultivating timber and understanding the worth of the timber to all of us,” Patty Cormier with the Division of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry stated. “I imply, other than we get our oxygen from them, however we get a lot extra and Maine is 89% forested. And a giant a part of that’s communities who’re fostering the timber and acknowledge it and actual volunteers, actually that’s the nice half. These are all volunteers.”

The town of Ellsworth is the latest member to affix Maine’s Checklist of Tree Metropolis USA recipients.

Arbor Week is well known in Maine each third week of Might.

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