Talking Green: Why we plant trees
(WorldNews Environment)

Local artist Jill Bergman created the ReTree 2020 print with the message: we “plant for the future” when we plant trees together. Jill Bergman/courtesy On Oct. 3, the Yampa Valley Sustainability Council will host its community planting event known as ReTree for the 11th year in a row. Since 2010, ReTree has convened 3,604 volunteers, ages 2 to 72, to plant 26,720 trees at community open spaces throughout Routt and Moffat counties. Community reforestation projects like ReTree not only facilitate place-making and community-building, but planting trees is an effective...