A Chinese proverb advises, ‘The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago. The second-best time is now.’ That’s especially true today. It’s National Arbor Day in the US and we’re featuring this dramatic photo of coast redwoods to remind you of the incredible power and importance of trees. The very first recorded Arbor Day took place in 1594 in the little village of Mondoñedo in Spain, organized by its mayor. The first US Arbor Day was observed in Nebraska City, Nebraska, on April 10, 1872. It was organized by journalist and politician Julius Sterling Morton, who’d moved to Nebraska from Michigan, and called his adopted state a ‘treeless prairie.’ He rallied celebrants at that first US Arbor Day to plant an estimated 1 million trees.
Happy Arbor Day!
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					Grasmere, Lake District, Cumbria, England
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					Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
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					An oceanic valentine
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					World Teachers Day
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					Point Reyes National Seashore
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					Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve
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					Colorful cows of the reef
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					Boxing Day
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					Room at the top?
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					Happy Independence Day!
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					Martin Luther King Jr. Day
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					Superbloom in Carrizo Plain National Monument, California
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					Celebrate International Women’s Day
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					Seventeen arches at sunset
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					Merry and bright
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					Lunar eclipse
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					It s Mountain Day in Japan
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					Brocken spectre in Central Balkan National Park, Bulgaria
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					Golden larches and Prusik Peak, the Enchantments, Washington
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					Iceland for International Rock Day
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					Happy Mother’s Day
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