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PROCLAMATION j
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WHEREAS: Minnesota is home to many of our nations natural resources, foremost
among them are our beautiful and abundant forests; and
WHEREAS: Trees are an increasingly vital resource in Minnesota today, enriching our
lives by purifying the air, conserving soil, water and energy, creating jobs
through a large forest products industry, serving as recreational settings,
providing habitat for wildlife of all kinds, and creating beautiful
landscapes to make our communities more livable; and
WHEREAS: Human activities such as construction damage, pollution and neglect, as
well as climatic extremes, disease and insects threaten our trees, creating
the need for concerted action to ensure the future of community and rural
forests in our state and throughout the country; and
WHEREAS: Each individual can act locally to improve the environment by planting
trees and ensuring that these trees are protected and receive proper
maintenance in the years ahead; and
WHEREAS: Each year on the last Friday in the month of April and throughout the
month of May, the people of Minnesota pay special tribute to the vital
natural resource that our trees represent and dedicate themselves to the
continued vitality of our state's community and rural forests;
NOW, THEREFORE I David Beaudet, Mayor of the City of Oak Park Heights, do
hereby proclaim April 24, 2009 to be
ARBOR DAY
and the month of May, 2009 to be ARBOR MONTH in Oak Park Heights, Minnesota.
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Signed this 24th day of March, 2009 _
avi Beaudet, Mayor
Tree City U.S.A.
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