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March 21 is the United Nations International Day of Forests.
The next date is March 21, 2027. Dates follow Mountain Time, America/Denver. Stories below are from the archive.
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Visit one tree on the school grounds, or a photo of one, and list what it gives, such as shade. Planting a tree is optional and needs a teacher's permission.
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ScienceThe DNR says partners, from private landowners to people planting on their own, helped reach the milestone. New trees also went in at Havenwoods, the state's only urban state forest, in Milwaukee.
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CommunityA citizens' group records species, height, and trunk size along the Mula and Mutha with a phone app. The city says it will look at that data when it checks its own tree census.
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CommunityAfter rows of seedlings died, a Veracruz team copied the clumps they saw in healthy forest and planted on hand-built mounds. A first patch of about 2,000 trees became more than 4,000 as seedlings drifted in and took root.
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CommunityA two-year Cool Earth pilot gave 211 people six payments and saw food insecurity fall sharply. Researchers did not measure the trees themselves, and they say the trial is too small to settle the question.
Verified · The GuardianFive true, uplifting stories in your inbox at 6 a.m. It takes two minutes to read and it sets the tone for the whole day.