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PHOTOS: Third-graders celebrate Arbor Day at Kalispell's Lawrence Park

by CASEY KREIDER
Daily Inter Lake | April 24, 2026 3:10 PM

Kalispell Public School District No. 5 third-graders celebrated Arbor Day at Kalispell's annual ceremony held at Lawrence Park on Friday, April 24.

    Colton Engeland, right, a junior at Flathead High School involved in the school's wood shop program, helps a third-grade student use a hand plane at the Arbor Day celebration at Lawrence Park on Friday, April 24. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    Flathead Electric Cooperative journeyman tree trimmer James Gabriel scales a tree during a demonstration at the Arbor Day celebration at Lawrence Park on Friday, April 24. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    Third-grade students use a crosscut saw on a piece of wood at the Flathead High School Wood Shop station at the Arbor Day celebration in Lawrence Park on Friday, April 24. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    A volunteer with Montana Wild Wings Recovery Center holds a long-eared owl during a demonstration at the Arbor Day celebration at Lawrence Park on Friday, April 24. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    Third-grade students use a brace and bit to drill a hole into a piece of wood at the Flathead High School Wood Shop station at the Arbor Day celebration at Lawrence Park on Friday, April 24. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    Third-grade students use a brace and bit to drill a hole into a piece of wood at the Flathead High School Wood Shop station at the Arbor Day celebration at Lawrence Park on Friday, April 24. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    A volunteer with Montana Wild Wings Recovery Center holds a barn owl during a demonstration at the Arbor Day celebration at Lawrence Park on Friday, April 24. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    A third-grade student smiles as she is hoisted into the canopy of a horse chestnut tree at the Trees for Life Montana station at the Arbor Day celebration at Lawrence Park on Friday, April 24. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    Third-grade students shovel dirt as they help plant a Northern Acclaim Honeylocust tree during the Arbor Day celebration at Lawrence Park on Friday, April 24. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    Third-grade students hammer nails into a piece of wood at the Flathead High School Wood Shop station at the Arbor Day celebration at Lawrence Park on Friday, April 24. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    A volunteer with Montana Wild Wings Recovery Center holds a peregrine falcon during a demonstration at the Arbor Day celebration at Lawrence Park on Friday, April 24. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Kalispell Mayor Ryan Hunter speaks to the crowd after accepting the Tree City USA Growth Award on behalf of the city at the Arbor Day celebration at Lawrence Park on Friday, April 24. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    Third-grade students hammer nails into a piece of wood at the Flathead High School Wood Shop station at the Arbor Day celebration at Lawrence Park on Friday, April 24. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    Third-grade students in teacher Jess Hensley's class at Edgerton Elementary read a poem at the Arbor Day celebration at Lawrence Park on Friday, April 24. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    Third-grade students shovel dirt as they help plant a Northern Acclaim Honeylocust tree during the Arbor Day celebration at Lawrence Park on Friday, April 24. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    A barn owl screeches during a demonstration by Montana Wild Wings Recovery Center at the Arbor Day celebration at Lawrence Park on Friday, April 24. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    A volunteer with Montana Wild Wings Recovery Center holds a long-eared owl during a demonstration at the Arbor Day celebration at Lawrence Park on Friday, April 24. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Kalispell Mayor Ryan Hunter accepts the Tree City USA Growth Award on behalf of the city at the Arbor Day celebration at Lawrence Park on Friday, April 24. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    A volunteer with Montana Wild Wings Recovery Center holds a peregrine falcon during a demonstration at the Arbor Day celebration at Lawrence Park on Friday, April 24. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
 Casey Kreider 
 
 
    Third-grade students shovel dirt as they help plant a Northern Acclaim Honeylocust tree during the Arbor Day celebration at Lawrence Park on Friday, April 24. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    A volunteer with Montana Wild Wings Recovery Center holds a peregrine falcon during a demonstration at the Arbor Day celebration at Lawrence Park on Friday, April 24. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    A volunteer with Montana Wild Wings Recovery Center holds a great horned owl during a demonstration at the Arbor Day celebration at Lawrence Park on Friday, April 24. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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