2008 Arbor Day Awards Ceremony

2008 Arbor Day Poster Contest winner Megan Reed (to Governor Baldacci's left) accepts her award from Governor John Baldacci, along with her fellow classmates from the Friendship Village School.

Every year, during the third full week in May, Project Canopy, the Maine Forest Service, and communities throughout Maine celebrate Arbor Day. Arbor Day is an American Holiday, started by J. Sterling Morton in Nebraska back in 1872, and is now celebrated by all fifty states. Maine hosts a variety of activities during Arbor Week, including tree planting events, school programs, educational workshops, and a state celebration held at the State House Hall of Flags.

The state celebration is an opportunity for Project Canopy and the Maine Forest Service to honor excellence in community forestry and forest stewardship. Awards are given to Maine’s Tree City USA communities, the Arbor Day poster contest award winner, and Community Forestry Excellence Award.

2008 Awards were presented to:

2007 Tree City USA Awards to

the Municipalities of
Auburn – 5 years
Kennebunkport – 31 years
Augusta – 14 years
Lewiston – 5 years
Bangor – 4 years
Orono – 12 years
Bath – 11 years & Growth Award
Portland – 28 years
Camden – 13 years
South Portland – 28 years
Farmington – 31 years
Waterville - 10 years
Hallowell – 6 years
Westbrook – 31 years
Hampden – 1 year
Yarmouth – 29 years

2008 Community Forestry Excellence Award

Presented by Representative Thomas Watson of Bath
to
Thomas C Hoerth, Bath City Arborist and Community Forester Extraordinaire

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