Show Bird and Arbor Day spy proclaimed by Governor Birds and their homes- homes trees will trees will be bo honored Friday under lunder proclamations signed by Utah Governor Calvin L. L Hampton Rampton naming Friday April 25 Bird and Arbor Da Day in the state Earlier this year Governor Hampton Rampton set a goal of planting one million trees for one million people in t the e state Upon signing the proclamation he noted that tha t he would like to see trees planted in Utah on Arbor Day alone atone This would woold amount to one tree per family he noted THE TIlE DIVISION of Wildlife Resources cooperated with the State Forestry and Fire Control and the Utah Chapter of the Audubon Society in giving away free trees and shrubs for urban residents last week The plants were offered to provide food and cover for wildlife most directly benefiting birds Research Chief Al AI Heggen said the program was similar to the Governors Governor's goal except it was oriented toward providing trees for wildlife UTAH IS BLESSED with many species of birds from the small passerines common in backyards to abundant waterfowl on many acres of marshland from pheasants in inthe inthe inthe the fields to eagles and hawks soaring among lofty peaks and above desert floors The same story can be told of trees From the aspens in the high rugh mountain country to fruit tree orchards orchard in rich farmland from poplars in Cache Valley to ancient junipers in the red rocks of southeastern Utah there is a wide variety providing both aesthetic and utilitarian needs ned in the state IN FACT five trees in the state represent the largest in inthe Inthe inthe the world of their respective species The trees and their locations are lumber pine above Salt Lake City in the Wasatch Mountains Rocky Mountain Jardine juniper in Logan Canyon Utah juniper Bowns Downs Canyon tributary to Lake Powell Gambel's Gambols oak northeast of Zion National Park and Pinyon pine Pines in Grand County in the Beaver Mesa area The largest Manzanita in the world is found in southern Utah |