On Tuesday night, high winds swept across the Capital City, leaving several downed trees and power lines behind for people to ...

Shutterstock The First Arbor Day Nebraska in the 1800s had few trees. Open prairies stretched for miles, creating harsh ...

People across the nation will observe Arbor Day on Friday, but no state will celebrate with as much fervor as Nebraska, where the celebration of trees got its start 142 years ago.

According to the Arbor Day Foundation, strategically planted trees can provide shade that helps reduce urban temperatures by up to 10 degrees Fahrenheit.

La Grange Park marked Arbor Day by planting two trees on property of the Village Church, which is moving services to St. Michael’s.

In 1872, a Nebraska newspaper editor and tree lover named J. Sterling Morton proposed dedicating a day to planting trees in his home state. The idea, shall we say, took root. That year, April 10 ...

Arbor Day was started in Nebraska by J. Sterling Morton, who proposed a tree planting day. And on April 10, 1872, an estimated one million trees were planted across that state.

The first American Arbor Day originated in Nebraska City, Nebraska, when J. Sterling Morton proposed the idea at an annual meeting of the Nebraska State Board of Agriculture held in Lincoln. On ...

Celebration of Arbor Day is a time-honored tradition in Nebraska, which dates to 1872, when over one million trees were planted.

Nebraska was mostly a treeless plain before settlers came and it was the lack of trees in our state that led to the founding of Arbor Day.

Prior to Earth Day showing up on the April calendar, Arbor Day was, and still is, celebrated on the fourth Friday in April. Trees, especially oaks, played a role in our country’s history long ...