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The remainder were potted by Parks and Recreation staff to give to families at a Healthy Kids event. Species planted: white dogwood, red maple, sugar maple, tulip poplar, eastern redbud. Learn more about NWF\u2019s Trees for Wildlife <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nwf.org\/2025\/08\/having-our-trees-and-planting-them-too\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">program impact<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n<p style=\"font-size:14px\" class=\"appear-on-scroll\"><em>Photo Credit: Juliann Lehman<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trees were distributed to a historically designated neighborhood working to rebuild the tree canopy as many of their aging trees have been destroyed during the last decade from storms. 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