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Oak Ridge celebrates Arbor Day on Friday with tree planting

Posted at 12:33 pm February 27, 2013
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

The Environmental Quality Advisory Board and the City of Oak Ridge are sponsoring a 28th Annual Arbor Day Observance on Friday.

The ceremony, which starts at 10 a.m. at Willow Brook Elementary School, will also mark the 25th year that Oak Ridge has been recognized as a Tree City USA.

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Filed Under: Government, Oak Ridge, Top Stories Tagged With: Arbor Day, Department of Forestry, National Arbor Day Foundation, Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge Environmental Quality Advisory Board, Tree City USA, tree planting, urban forestry, Willow Brook Elementary School

With help from UT, tree inventory under way in Oak Ridge

Posted at 1:08 pm September 16, 2012
By John Huotari 1 Comment

The city of Oak Ridge and forestry students from the University of Tennessee are conducting a tree inventory to help develop a tree planting plan.

The inventory started Saturday at the west end of Oak Ridge near Rarity Ridge. The first two-week inventory will move east along State Route 95/58 to State Route 62, also known as Illinois Avenue.

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Filed Under: Government Tagged With: forestry, Oak Ridge Recreation and Parks Department, Sharon Jean-Philippe, tree inventory, tree planting, University of Tennessee

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