PHOTOS: Kalispell's Arbor Day celebration 2023
Jack Gaines, a third-grader in Deidre Thompson's class at Peterson Elementary, waves while being hoisted into the canopy of a black walnut tree at the Trees of Life station at the Arbor Day celebration in Woodland Park on Friday, April 28. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Rylan Smith, a journeyman tree trimmer with Flathead Electric Cooperative, swings from a tree branch over the Co-op's educational booth at the Arbor Day celebration at Woodland Park in Kalispell on Friday, April 28. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Third-grade students from Edgerton Elementary School teacher Jess Hensley's class read the poem "Trees" by Harry Behm at the Arbor Day celebration at Woodland Park in Kalispell on Friday, April 28. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Third-grade students shovel dirt as a hackberry tree the students voted to name "Howard" is planted at the Arbor Day celebration in Woodland Park on Friday, April 28. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Ali Ulwelling, with the Montana DNRC, shows third-grade students from Edgerton Elementary School teacher Lexi Gilbert's class a tree ring at the DNRC forestry station at the Arbor Day celebration in Woodland Park in Kalispell on Friday, April 28. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Rylan Smith, a journeyman tree trimmer with Flathead Electric Cooperative, swings from a tree branch over the Co-op's educational booth at the Arbor Day celebration at Woodland Park in Kalispell on Friday, April 28. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Matt Arno, left, the Forestry Assistant Bureau Chief for the Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, presents the Tree City USA Growth Award to Kalispell City Councilor Ryan Hunter, accepting on behalf of the city, at the Arbor Day celebration at Woodland Park on Friday, April 28. It is the 36th year that Kalispell has been recognized by the Arbor Day Foundation as a Tree City USA. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Third-graders from School District 5 gather for a ceremony before breaking off into classroom groups for activities at the Arbor Day celebration at Woodland Park on Friday, April 28. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
David Wilson, a third-grader in Lauren Lenzner and Desi Palmer's class at Edgerton Elementary, reaches to touch a tree branch while being hosted into the canopy of a black walnut tree at the Trees of Life station at the Arbor Day celebration in Woodland Park on Friday, April 28. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Third-grade students from Edgerton Elementary School teacher Lexi Gilbert's class examine a tree ring at the Department of Natural Resources and Conservation station at the Arbor Day celebration in Woodland Park in Kalispell on Friday, April 28. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Third-grade students from Edgerton Elementary School teacher Jess Hensley's class read the poem "Trees" by Harry Behm at the Arbor Day celebration at Woodland Park in Kalispell on Friday, April 28. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Third-grade students shovel dirt with Smokey the Bear as a hackberry tree the students voted to name "Howard" is planted at the Arbor Day celebration in Woodland Park on Friday, April 28. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Third-grade students from School District 5 gathered for a day full of activities including environmental education booths, park beautification, tree planting and a ceremony at Kalispell's Arbor Day celebration at Woodland Park on Friday, April 28.
