Students celebrate Arbor Day by planting trees
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A young girl gets into her work, in this case adding mulch to a freshly planted tree, during an Arbor Day event Thursday morning at Gateway Park. The girl was among several Yuma-area school children who helped with the planting of willow and cottonwood trees in the park.
PHOTO BY RANDY HOEFT/YUMA SUN
Students celebrate Arbor Day by planting trees.
Yuma tree-huggers came out of the woodwork for Arbor Day as the city celebrated its third year as a designated Tree City USA.
Stacey Bealmear, chairperson of the city's tree board, welcomed more than 100 who attended the festivities in Gateway Park that included students from Alice Byrne .
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