...Garry into the lush urban forest of modern-day Winnipeg. (1) The change did not occur accidentally or quickly, but as the result of a concerted campaign by the civic and provincial governments.

Arbor Day was initiated in Nebraska by newspaperman J. Sterling Morton who, like his peers, missed the abundant trees of his eastern home. (2) Trees also helped stabilize soils prone to wind erosion, and they provided needed fuel and shade. A day dedicated to tree planting was proclaimed by the state governor, and the first event was observed on 10 April 1874. Other states followed suit and, by the 1880s, it had become a national tradition. Seeing the benefits, many other countries, including Canada, adopted it too.

Manitobans looked enviously at tree planting efforts in neighboring Minnesota as early as 1876 (3) but it was not...

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