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TREE CITY USA An Arbor Day Faundatien Program *** OFFICIAL PROCLAMATION ke WHEREAS in 1872, the Nebraska Board of Agriculture established a special day to be set aside for the planting of trees, and WHEREAS this holiday, called Arbor Day, was first observed with the planting of more than a million trees in Nebraska, and WHEREAS Arbor Day is now observed throughout the nation and the world, and WHEREAS trees can be a solution to combating climate change by reducing the erison of our precious topsoil by wind and water, cutting heating and cooling costs, moderating the temperature, cleaning the air, producing life-giving oxygen, and providing habitat for wildlife, and WHEREAS trees are a renewable resource giving us paper, wood for our homes, Fuel for our fires, and countless other wood products, and WHEREAS trees in our Village increase property values, enhance the economic Vitality of business areas, and beautify our community, and WHEREAS trees-wherever they are planted-area source of joy and spiritual renewal. NOW THEREFORE, |, _Mark Nephew , Mayor of the Village of Gowanda , do hereby proclaim April 24 ,2026 , as ARBOR DAY In the Village of__Gowanda , and | urge ail citizens to Celebrate Arbor Day and to support efforts to protect our Trees. and woodlands, and FUTHER, | urge all citizens to plant trees to gladden the heart and Promote the well-being of this future generations. DATED THIS : day of , Mayor @) arbor Day Foundation: