{"id":2083,"date":"2012-04-04T11:38:03","date_gmt":"2012-04-04T18:38:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oregonstate.edu\/sustainability\/blog\/?p=2083"},"modified":"2012-04-04T11:38:03","modified_gmt":"2012-04-04T18:38:03","slug":"three-ways-to-celebrate-arbor-day-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/2012\/04\/04\/three-ways-to-celebrate-arbor-day-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Three ways to celebrate Arbor Day 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From increased property values, to clean air and water, to better test scores from kids, trees provide city dwellers with a long list of social, economic, and environmental benefits.\u00a0 For Oregonians, one day just isn\u2019t enough to express our appreciation for all the great services trees provide. So we celebrate a whole Arbor Week!<\/p>\n<p>This year, Oregon\u2019s Arbor Week falls on April 2<sup>nd<\/sup>-8<sup>th<\/sup> (it\u2019s always the first full week of April). Here are some ideas around Corvallis on how to celebrate:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2086\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2086\" style=\"width: 172px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2086\" title=\"Celebrate Oregon Arbor Week\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/files\/2012\/04\/Untitled4-172x300.png\" alt=\"Happy Arbor Week!\" width=\"172\" height=\"300\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2086\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Happy Arbor Week!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>1)\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>Honor a heritage tree<\/strong>\u2014The famous Trysting Tree located on the OSU campus will be recognized as an official <a href=\"http:\/\/oregonstate.edu\/ua\/ncs\/archives\/2012\/mar\/osu%E2%80%99s-trysting-tree-be-named-state-heritage-tree\">heritage tree<\/a> on the afternoon of Friday, April 6<sup>th<\/sup>. Attend the celebration and learn the unique history of this very special tree. \u00a0The event is free and open to the public.<\/p>\n<p>2)\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>Explore a forest<\/strong>\u2014go for a walk or run in McDonald-Dunn Forest. Breathe in the fresh air and listen for wildlfe. Trail maps and interpretive materials available at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cof.orst.edu\/cf\/forests\/arboretum\/\">Peavy Arboretum<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>3)\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>Take a tree tour<\/strong>\u2014Use the free <a href=\"http:\/\/oregonstate.edu\/main\/mobile\/osu-campus-tree-tour\">OSU Campus Tree Tour<\/a> iPhone app to discover the amazing collection of trees growing on the OSU campus.\u00a0 Customize your own tour and learn to identify different species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From increased property values, to clean air and water, to better test scores from kids, trees provide city dwellers with a long list of social, economic, and environmental benefits.\u00a0 For Oregonians, one day just isn\u2019t enough to express our appreciation for all the great services trees provide. So we celebrate a whole Arbor Week! This [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2083"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2083\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ecologue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}