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When did arbor day begin? Establishment time of Arbor Day

In a few days, it will be Arbor Day on March 12. Arbor Day is a festival of great significance for the earth on which mankind depends. It is an important moment to awaken people's attention to environmental protection, call on people to protect forests, plant trees and improve the ecological environment. So how much do you know about Arbor Day? When did arbor day begin? Let's talk about the establishment time of arbor day.

Since the founding of new China in the mid-1950s, the party and the state have attached great importance to greening construction. Mao Zedong once called for "greening the motherland" to implement the earth gardening. In 1956, China began the first "12-year greening movement". On February 23, 1979, at the sixth meeting of the Standing Committee of the Fifth National People's Congress, according to the proposal of the State Council, in order to mobilize the people of all ethnic groups to plant trees and speed up greening the motherland, it was decided that March 12 is the national Arbor Day every year.

Nebraska is a barren wasteland. Modern Arbor Day was first initiated by Nebraska in the United States before the 19th century. There are few trees, dry land, strong winds and yellow sand all over the sky. The people suffer deeply. In 1872, the famous American agronomist Julius middot; Sterling & middot; Morton proposed a tree planting day in Nebraska to mobilize people to plant trees in a planned way.

The governor will personally stipulate that the third Wednesday in April will be Arbor Day in the future. After this decision was made, the State Department of agriculture adopted the proposal by resolution. Millions of trees were planted that year. In the following 16 years, another 600 million trees were planted successively, which finally turned the 100000 hectares of wilderness in Nebraska into dense forest. In order to punish Morton's achievements, in 1885, the State Council officially stipulated that Mr. Morton's birthday, April 22, was the annual Arbor Day and a day off.

American Arbor Day is a state holiday. There is no unified national date. But every year in April, American States organize Arbor Day activities. For example, Rhode Island stipulates that the second Friday in May is Arbor Day and has a day off. Other states have fixed dates, or the governor or other government departments of the state temporarily determine the date of Arbor Day every year.

Whenever the arbor day comes, the masses from all walks of life, mainly students, form a vast army of tree planting and invest in tree planting activities.

Trees line the United States today. Boulevard. According to statistics. One third of the United States is covered with forest trees, which is inseparable from the tree planting Festival

It can be traced back to 3000 years ago. Afforestation and forestry development have really become the strategic task of national construction and the history of afforestation in China. However, after the founding of new China, a legal obligation to become a citizen began at the beginning of reform and opening up.