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Tr~s: <br /> <br />Bruce Bacon has ordered 1500 White Spruce, 1500 Norway Pine seedlings and 300 Ginnala <br />Maple shrubs for wildlife habitat from the Minnesota DNR. These trees are provided without <br />charge to municipalities for planting on City land and for distribution at an Arbor event. These <br />seedlings are with bare roots and will need to be individually packaged with compost in either a <br />milk carton or plastic bag. Mark Boos could provide some wood chips at the same time. Free <br />compost is available from the Anoka County Park site on Hanson Boulevard and we also have <br />wood chips at Central Park. The compost and wood chips will need to be transported to each <br />Arbor distribution site and two or three volunteers need to help with the packing at each site. <br /> <br />Ramsey Elementary school has 800 students and would need pre-packaged seedlings. The <br />Minnesota Forestry Association has six species of trees available with a soil plug, in a sealed <br />plastic pouch with instructions and identification attached. This is a durable and convenient <br />package suitable for distribution to children. (800 trees at 60¢ each = $480; if payment <br />accompanies order, there is a 10% discount which would amount to $432.) <br /> <br />Red Pine, White Cedar and White Spruce are the suggested species. Paper Birch, Green Ash and <br />Blue Spruce would be second choices. <br /> <br />BFB:ccr <br /> <br /> <br />