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Arbor Day should be about growing trees, not just planting them

  • Written by Karen D. Holl, Professor of Restoration Ecology, University of California, Santa Cruz
imageA forested plot in Thailand's Doi Suthep Pui National Park, formerly burnt over, after 12 years of restoration.Forru/Wikipedia, CC BY-SA

For 149 years, Americans have marked Arbor Day on the last Friday in April by planting trees. Now business leaders, politicians, YouTubers and celebrities are calling for the planting of millions, billions or...

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