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One Million Trees by 2020
Before:Join the reforestation project for the greater Mankato and North Mankato area! Anyone can participate: groups, businesses, schools, families, individuals. It's fun, wholesome and for the...
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Think trees and think spring!
Mar. 1, 2008Thank you again for your interest in the Million Tree Project. As of the end of February we have placed our order for 10,000 trees to be planted this spring in a demonstration project. The...
View ArticlePlanting scheduled for April 19th
Saturday, April 19th is the day the Community Gardens are scheduled to plant trees from 10:00 am until noon for the Mankato Million Tree Project.This is the beginning of an historic movement in Mankato...
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We're planting April 19th!
All systems are go!All the required permissions and agreements are in place.The seedlings have been ordered and paid for. On April 19th we will plant on two sites as a demonstration project:2275...
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Million Tree Project FAQs
How much carbon do trees take in?In the Northern Hemisphere each mature tree sequesters approximately 13 kilograms (28.66 pounds) of carbon per year.As well as sequestering carbon, how else do trees...
View ArticleApril 19th Planting Information
Planting sites are finalized. Directions are as follows for Saturday, April 19th, 8:00 to noon:For the Good Counsel Site:From North Riverfront drive just south of the Hwy 14 interchange turn onto Good...
View ArticleUpdate for the Saturday, April 19th planting
The seedlings are in and waiting for planting. Everything is a go and the weather for the weekend looks great. Be CERTAIN to check your email before setting out to your preferred planting site just in...
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Success!
The April 19 planting was a wild success with 383 volunteers planting over 13,000 seedlings. Here's what the Mankato Free Press had to say:Hundreds turn out to plant thousands of treesBy Mark...
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What one community can do to fight global warming
Reforestation program is a necessary part of community-wide planningby Thomas P. Hagen"I think that I shall never seeA poem lovely as a tree."When Joyce Kilmer wrote these lines at the beginning of the...
View ArticleApril 19th Planting Postscript
Thanks to the volunteers the seedlings were all planted on the Good Counsel and North Mankato Highway 14 sites as well as several other smaller locations.Rains and cool temperatures have been ideal for...
View ArticleSpring Planting 2009
It is difficult to imagine that spring will finally come when considering the length of this long, cold winter, but the Bend of the River Million Tree Project will soon be preparing for the 2009...
View ArticleMillion Tree Project Update - Tuesday, April 7, 2009
It has been a long, hard winter and a cold spring so far, but the seedlings are on order and the planting date is set at April 18, 9-12 AM. This year we will be doing an inter-planting of seedlings on...
View ArticlePlanting Update
We are a couple of days away from the planting date. Approximately 2500 seedlings arrive on Friday. Community volunteers will plant on Saturday, 9:00 AM at the Good Counsel site. The MSU Environmental...
View ArticleTree Planting at Habitat for Humanity Homes Set for September 24, 2010
Mankato, Minn. (Sept 21, 2009) – Approximately 35 trees are being donated and planted to over 13 different families who live in Habitat for Humanity homes. Envision 2020’s Bend of the River Million...
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