12 04 25 Arbor Day - December 15, 2025 - Packet
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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 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, , Mayor of the City of , do hereby proclaim as ARBOR DAY In the City of , 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 trees to gladden the heart and promote the well-being of this and future generations. DATED THIS day of , Mayor Juan F. Rodriguez Tolleson December 15, 2025 Tolleson 4th December 2025