Just a reminder! Earth Day Recognition of Brooklyn Centre Grove of Trees
Trees to be Honored in Brooklyn Centre Historic District
On Sunday, April 23, 2006 at 3:30 p.m. Brooklyn Centre residents and the Northeast Ohio Buckeye Forest Council will gather to honor and recognize a grove of trees on the southeast corner of Fulton Rd. and Denison Ave. The largest tree, an American Elm, forms the core of the grove that lends its shade and shelter to the neighborhood’s inhabitants, both human and animal. The American Elm, nearly extirpated by disease, supports a diverse community of animals, supplying Honey Bees and Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, Painted Lady, Mourning Cloak butterflies, American Goldfinch, True Katydid, and white throated sparrow, among others, with food and shelter. Denise Donaldson, Brooklyn Centre resident said, “City trees are an irreplaceable resource in terms of environmental balance, cooling properties, and quality of life, but they are neglected, disregarded and needlessly destroyed. We in the Brooklyn Centre neighborhood recognize the value of our trees and want to honor them in the face of the latest threat, the Fulton Road Bridge Replacement project. The green ribbons throughout our neighborhood show that we care about our trees.” Green ribbons have been appearing on Brooklyn Centre trees along Archwood and Denison Avenues, West 44th and 43rd and other streets, for the last two weeks. Residents have placed the ribbons to inspire appreciation for the importance of trees in the context of historic neighborhoods. Randy Cunningham, board member of the Buckeye Forest Council and founding member of the Northeast Ohio group said, “It will be a specific goal of our organization to identify and preserve important groves and individual trees in Cleveland and other Northeast Ohio urban environments.”
The Buckeye Forest Council
seeks to work with Ohioans
to preserve their valued trees,
whether in forests, groves
or as individual specimens.
For information about
the Buckeye Forest Council
contact:
Buckeye Forest Council, Northeast Ohio
c/o Randy Cunningham
3623 West Blvd
Cleveland Ohio 44111
216-631-3337