The Nationwide Arbor Day Basis named Vancouver a Tree Metropolis USA for the thirty sixth consecutive yr.
Mayor Anne McEnerny-Ogle will settle for the award on the metropolis’s Arbor Day celebration. It begins at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday on the Jane Weber Evergreen Arboretum, 9215 S.E. Evergreen Freeway.
After the ceremony, residents are invited to assist plant the Arbor Day tree, an Oregon white oak, in addition to pollinator-friendly, hardy native species, together with Oregon sunshine (eriophyllum), lupine and Douglas aster, mentioned Nicole Walters of the town’s public works division.
All through the month of April, an exhibit at Cascade Park Neighborhood Library, 600 N.E. 136th Ave., options data on the significance of Vancouver’s tree cover, in addition to enjoyable info about tree species.
Moreover, two pop-up arboretums can be on show at Arnada Park, 610 E. twenty fifth St., and Clearmeadows Park, 17700 N.E. twenty fourth St.
Vancouver’s city forestry group has been particularly busy in current months. In February, the group canvassed areas scheduled for future pavement work to guage current tree well being and establish areas the place new timber could possibly be planted. Further surveys in March additional evaluated and mapped all timber and accessible planting websites in right-of-way areas and the town’s parks. In line with the town, this data is now getting used to information its tree cover administration, scale back dangers and put together for any threats to its city forest.
These attending the Arbor Day occasion can be taught extra about this system and the way to volunteer for future tree-planting occasions.
“Our trees provide shade for our neighborhoods, clean our air and water, and enhance the quality of life for all of us,” Ray mentioned.
