School children have been involved with Arbor Day from the very beginning. To help with Arbor Day celebrations, the Department of Conservation provides every fourth-grader in the state with their own tree seedling to plant. For more than 20 years, each fourth-grader has received a tree with planting instructions. Their teachers receive an Arbor Week Activity Guide that features a week's worth of cross-curricular activities to help students learn about trees and forestry in Missouri. The trees that students plant on Arbor Day do make a difference.
Surveys show that about one-third of the trees survive.
These trees add beauty and help clean the air and water in our communities. Planting a tree, combined with lessons learned in the classroom, will hopefully encourage tomorrow's adults to become better stewards of our natural resources. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part in any form or medium without express written permission of the Missouri Dept. of Conservation is prohibited.