Tree City USA Program

People gather for a public tree planting ceremony on Tuesday, Oct 18, 2016, at Webster Park in Spokane, Wash. The tree planting event celebrates 40 years of the Tree City USA Program and the ongoing tree canopy recovery efforts after the Spokane windstorm of November 2015.

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Tue., Oct. 18, 2016

Patty Danner, a Spokane conservationist, center, blue, throws a shovel of dirt on a newly planted Japanese Tree Lilac during a public ceremony on Tuesday, Oct 18, 2016, at Webster Park in Spokane, Wash.

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Wyatt Plastino a tree worker with Spokane Urban Forestry hauls a bucket of wood chips to a tree that was planted during a public ceremony on Tuesday, Oct 18, 2016, at Webster Park in Spokane, Wash.

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Youngster Rowan Boe, 4, helps fill in the area around a newly planted Japanese Tree Lilac during a public ceremony on Tuesday, Oct 18, 2016, at Webster Park in Spokane, Wash.

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Aaron Everett, State Forester with Washington DNR speaks to a crowd during a public ceremony on Tuesday, Oct 18, 2016, at Webster Park in Spokane, Wash. "I'm glad to see this urban forest come back to life with the work the City of Spokane has done," he said.

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Andy Thew an arborist with the City of Spokane explains to a crowd the nuances of planting a tree during a public ceremony on Tuesday, Oct 18, 2016, at Webster Park in Spokane, Wash.

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Nancy MacKerrow, speaks about her daughter -- Susie Stephens, who was killed while crossing a street in 2002 -- during a public ceremony on Tuesday, Oct 18, 2016, at Webster Park in Spokane, Wash. MacKerrow created the Susie Forest project in her daughter's memory and has organized the planting trees throughout the world in honor of her daughter.

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Jacob Hansen, a tree worker with Spokane Urban Forestry shovels wood chips to be spread by volunteers on a newly planted tree during a public ceremony on Tuesday, Oct 18, 2016, at Webster Park in Spokane, Wash.

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A newly planted Japanese Tree Lilac waits to be filled in during a public ceremony on Tuesday, Oct 18, 2016, at Webster Park in Spokane, Wash.

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