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(left) Renton City Councilmembers
met to issue the Arbor Day/Earth
Day Proclamation and receive
Renton's 8th Tree City USA Award
and its 6th Growth Award.
Washington Community Forestry
Councilmember Joe Scorcio (right
of flag) presented the City Council
and Mayor with the awards. From
left to right are Forestry Manager
Terry Flatley and Councilmembers
Ryan McIrvine, Armondo Pavone,
Ruth Perez, Edward Prince, Randy
Corman, Mayor Denis Law and
Carol Ann Witschi. Councilmembers
were also presented with a Rain
Forest Rescue coffee mug and a pon
-
derosa pine seedling from Flatley.
Terry Flatley
is the Urban
Forestry
and
Natural
Resources
Manager for
the City of
Renton, Washington. He is an ISA
Certified Municipal Specialist and a
forestry graduate from the University
of Wisconsin–Stevens Point.
(above) Arbor Day activities include small children and their parents
planting perennials.
(below) Student volunteers from Renton High School pitch in to plant a bigleaf
maple (Acer macrophyllum) tree, one of 71 trees planted in an hour at the
Arbor Day/Earth Day Celebration held at Cedar River Park in Renton.
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