{"id":38491,"date":"2023-04-06T16:21:04","date_gmt":"2023-04-06T20:21:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=38491"},"modified":"2023-04-06T16:21:04","modified_gmt":"2023-04-06T20:21:04","slug":"governor-wes-moore-proclaims-april-5-maryland-arbor-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2023\/04\/06\/governor-wes-moore-proclaims-april-5-maryland-arbor-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Governor Wes Moore Proclaims April 5 Maryland Arbor Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Governor Wes Moore proclaimed April 5, 2023 the 140th Maryland Arbor Day celebration. Maryland Arbor Day is traditionally celebrated the first Wednesday in April each year, and National Arbor Day is celebrated the last Friday of April each year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Following an annual tradition, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/Pages\/default.aspx\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Maryland Department of Natural Resources<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Secretary Josh Kurtz honored Maryland Arbor Day by presenting tree seedlings grown at the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/forests\/Pages\/nursery.aspx\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">state nursery<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in Caroline County to the members of the Board of Public Works \u2013 Governor Wes Moore, Comptroller Brooke E. Lierman, and state Treasurer Dereck E. Davis. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-38497\" src=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/BPW-Tree-1024x819.jpg\" alt=\"Governor Wes Moore proclaimed April 5, 2023 the 140th Maryland Arbor Day celebration.\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/BPW-Tree-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/BPW-Tree-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/BPW-Tree-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/BPW-Tree-1536x1229.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/BPW-Tree-2048x1638.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Board members received note cards featuring artwork from the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2023\/03\/07\/maryland-forest-service-names-2023-arbor-day-poster-contest-winners\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">2023 Arbor Day poster contest<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, an annual event showcasing the creative talents of fifth graders across the state. Maryland First Lady Dawn Flythe Moore served as a guest judge in selecting the winners this year; a red bud seedling was sent to her office in appreciation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Additionally, Maryland Forest Service staff delivered seedlings and note cards to the Maryland General Assembly, where the House and Senate each joined with Department of Natural Resources officials to honor Maryland\u2019s Tree Farmers of the Year and also Tree Inspector of the Year. <\/span><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Groves family of Washington County, named Maryland Outstanding Tree Farmers of the Year for 2023 was honored by the Maryland Senate and Sen. Mike McKay sponsored the citation. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-38495\" src=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/52795986533_a9f570a506_c.jpg\" alt=\"2023 Tree Farm of the Year\" width=\"501\" height=\"291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/52795986533_a9f570a506_c.jpg 799w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/52795986533_a9f570a506_c-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/52795986533_a9f570a506_c-768x446.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 501px) 100vw, 501px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the Maryland House chamber, a citation was presented to Lucas Marcek of the Maryland Forest Service for being named 2023 Northern Regional Tree Farm <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Inspector of the Year and 2023 Maryland Tree Farm Inspector of the Year. His award was sponsored by Delegate Wayne Hartman.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Governor Wes Moore proclaimed April 5, 2023 the 140th Maryland Arbor Day celebration. Maryland Arbor Day is traditionally celebrated the first Wednesday in April each year, and National Arbor Day is celebrated the last Friday of April each year. Following an annual tradition, Maryland Department of Natural Resources Secretary Josh Kurtz honored Maryland Arbor Day<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2023\/04\/06\/governor-wes-moore-proclaims-april-5-maryland-arbor-day\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Read the Rest&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":180,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[957,1965,23],"tags":[2940,5063],"class_list":["post-38491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-maryland-forest-service","category-land","tag-arbor-day","tag-forest-service"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/180"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38491"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38491\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38500,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38491\/revisions\/38500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}