For many, many years I have been a member of the Arbor Tree Foundation. Also, my neighbors and I have been consistently involved in the Sandy City Beautification Day events. It is my powerful endorsement that May 20th be proclaimed as Arbor Day in Sandy City.
Trees are very similar to children and pets and therefore need our concern and proper care.
Although there have been many recent problems with the winds knocking down trees in significant ways, the proper planting and utilization of trees are much more overall advantageous than detrimental.
Trees can offer many solutions. They can be legacies, and visionaries, can be an important part of our homes and neighborhoods, can provide the habitat for needed wildlife, and can also connect generations and cultures.
With the recent windstorm, trees in my yard lost several of their branches as many others did. As a result, I planned to get my sons together and properly cut them down, slice them into proper sizes, and stack them for future use or refuse. Before we started to do this, a Sandy City Hispanic resident from Guatemala came to our door and requested that we hire him to chop down and cut up the branches, as he needed the extra income. Because I felt that it would not be too hard for my sons and me to do this, I was initially resistant to consider paying to have he and a co-worker do the job. While we continued to talk, I finally recognized that it was of much more benefit for him to do this than for my family. My wife and I had been on a humanitarian mission to Guatemala a few years ago, and she supported the use of his talents, and in the end, gave him food supplies as well as the payment. So even the recent turmoil’s involving trees have been of some benefit.
As a physician, I have continually recommended appropriate tree placements for patients, because of their air conditioning effect, their kind and calming effects (people who can look out their windows at trees have a much more comforting sensation than those who see most other things), and their medical benefits. A large tree can provide a day’s supply of oxygen for up to four people. Trees clean the air and water and reduce the negative effects of climate change.
The pleasure of walking along the trails in Sandy is amplified by the existent trees.
Please strongly consider the Parks and Recreation Department recommendation for proclaiming May 20th Arbor Day in Sandy City.
For many, many years I have been a member of the Arbor Tree Foundation. Also, my neighbors and I have been consistently involved in the Sandy City Beautification Day events. It is my powerful endorsement that May 20th be proclaimed as Arbor Day in Sandy City.
Trees are very similar to children and pets and therefore need our concern and proper care.
Although there have been many recent problems with the winds knocking down trees in significant ways, the proper planting and utilization of trees are much more overall advantageous than detrimental.
Trees can offer many solutions. They can be legacies, and visionaries, can be an important part of our homes and neighborhoods, can provide the habitat for needed wildlife, and can also connect generations and cultures.
With the recent windstorm, trees in my yard lost several of their branches as many others did. As a result, I planned to get my sons together and properly cut them down, slice them into proper sizes, and stack them for future use or refuse. Before we started to do this, a Sandy City Hispanic resident from Guatemala came to our door and requested that we hire him to chop down and cut up the branches, as he needed the extra income. Because I felt that it would not be too hard for my sons and me to do this, I was initially resistant to consider paying to have he and a co-worker do the job. While we continued to talk, I finally recognized that it was of much more benefit for him to do this than for my family. My wife and I had been on a humanitarian mission to Guatemala a few years ago, and she supported the use of his talents, and in the end, gave him food supplies as well as the payment. So even the recent turmoil’s involving trees have been of some benefit.
As a physician, I have continually recommended appropriate tree placements for patients, because of their air conditioning effect, their kind and calming effects (people who can look out their windows at trees have a much more comforting sensation than those who see most other things), and their medical benefits. A large tree can provide a day’s supply of oxygen for up to four people. Trees clean the air and water and reduce the negative effects of climate change.
The pleasure of walking along the trails in Sandy is amplified by the existent trees.
Please strongly consider the Parks and Recreation Department recommendation for proclaiming May 20th Arbor Day in Sandy City.
David Jack