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Article: Tree Bank Enjoys `Good Green Year;' Roots Cross State
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- THE JOURNAL RECORD
- Article date:
- April 22, 1992
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CopyrightCopyright 1992 The Journal Record. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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By Darrell Morrow Feature Editor Today is Earth Day, and while
it is acknowledged only once a year it has greater significance
than a one-day celebration for the Greater Oklahoma City Tree Bank
Foundation.
"Every day is Earth Day and every day is Arbor Day to us," said
Mary Caffrey, executive director of the foundation.
The organization had distributed 2,926 trees this year as of
last week, with the planting season winding down. That runs the
total for the five-year history of the foundation to 27,176 trees
worth an estimated value of $4.5 million, she said.
"It has been a good year, a good green year," she said.
The Greater Oklahoma City Tree Bank Foundation has grown like
an unrestrained ...