LOS LUNAS â Today, Earth Day, Jubilee at Los Lunas and Tree New Mexico have announced a new tree planting project in Los Lunas, thanks to a $75,000 grant from Facebook.
More than 200 native trees and shrubs will be planted at Jubilee, which is located near Facebookâs Los Lunas Data Center. The neighborhood planting events will take place in fall 2021 and will be led by Tree New Mexico, under a grant it receives from the Urban & Community Forestry Program, New Mexico State Forestry Division. The trees will be planted by volunteers from the Los Lunas community, including Jubilee residents, Los Lunas High School and Valencia Master Gardeners. All participants will attend âPlant-a-Treeâ workshops, held by Tree New Mexico, to learn how to properly plant and care for trees.
Illinois is about to embark down a very dark path, with the.
Illinois is about to embark down a very dark path, with the help of our esteemed Governor. The state is currently working with a privately owned company in a “public-private” partnership in order to bring about the country’s first vaccine passport. Many states have already come out against such measures. They are not needed. Very soon, all people who are at risk of serious complications related to COVID, those over the age of 65, and those with pre-existing conditions, will have had access to the vaccines. Who will we be left? Only those individuals who do not wish to be vaccinated. Ask yourself, should healthy individuals be forced to take a vaccine for something as innocuous as COVID because some who are at risk refuse to get vaccinated? Helping save those who do not wish to be saved. Is this fair? Keep in mind the average age of death for victims is 80, and the vast majority of people that have died from this dise
Artwork of Kalib Burbank, First Place in the Grade 7 Division, Sharon Academy
Burlington - The 2021 Growing Works of Art contest attracted a record 225 entries from 16 schools and 11 homeschool families.
The theme of this year s contest was Healthy Trees, Healthy Lives. Students were asked to create a drawing and written story to share how trees impact our health and our communities.
The contest is sponsored annually by the Vermont Urban and Community Forestry Program in partnership with University of Vermont Extension and the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation. Entries were judged on originality and creativity (50 percent) and how well the students told their tree story (50 percent).