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The SUNY Buffalo State Sustainability Committee invites the campus community to attend an Arbor Day Tree-Planting Ceremony on Arbor Day, Friday, April 29, at noon at the east end of Bacon Hall, between Bacon  and Rockwell halls. The event will move to the Student Union Plaza, north of Cleveland Hall, in the event of inclement weather. 

We will plant a native tree, the eastern white pine, the symbolic “Tree of Peace” of the Iroquois Alliance. The eastern white pine is common in the woodlands of New York State and throughout eastern North America. This species of tree is very important in commerce for both its lumber and its ornamental value.

The event will also feature speakers whose topics will include the significance of Arbor Day, how urban trees are important for ecological systems, how the Maud Gordon Holmes Arboretum has become an important campus outdoor classroom, and the future of the arboretum.

Thank you to the Friends of the Maud Gordon Holmes Arboretum for donating the tree and supplies, and to the volunteers who will help plant the tree.

Please contact campus arborist Steven Sypniewski for more information. This is one of a series of April events sponsored by the Buffalo State College Sustainability Committee in celebration of Earth Day and Arbor Day.