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Arbor Day

Tree Board LogoARBOR DAY

 

Arbor Day tree planting and dedication has been a tradition since 1999, when the Paonia Tree Board was formed. The Arbor Day celebration typically takes place in April.

First Tree DedicationTree Dedication 1999Community Tree Dedication 2018
The first Arbor Day tree dedication 
by a local Girl Scout Troop		Tree Dedication 1999Community Tree Dedication 2018

 

Arbor Day Poster Contest

Colorado Tree Coalition sponsors an annual tree poster contest for K-5 students. In 2019, Bodhi Gilroy of Paonia, won the statewide competition.

Winner of Poster ContestWinning Poster

 

From the Delta County Independent - August 16, 2019: 

Bodhi Gilroy is one talented young artist. A fifth-grade student at North Fork School of Integrated Studies, Gilroy submitted the winning entry for the annual Colorado Tree Coalition Arbor Day Poster Contest.

Sponsored by the Colorado Tree Coalition and the Colorado State Forest Service, Arborscape Services, and Denver’s “Be a Smart Ash” emerald ash borer campaign, the contest was open to all Colorado fifth-grade students. This year’s theme is “Celebrate Trees in Our Community.”

The poster will be displayed at the Colorado State Capitol through the month of April. Bodhi, his family and NFSIS teacher, Lauren Ziccardi, will receive an all-expenses-paid trip to Denver and tour the Capitol.