NORTH WILDWOOD — On April 24, 2015, the City of North Wildwood will celebrate Arbor Day by educating our youth regarding the importance of planting trees. The City’s Mayor and Council, in conjunction with The Lomax Consulting Group, will supply Margaret Mace Public School and Cape Trinity Catholic School students with over 500 evergreen tree tubelings for each schoolchild grades K – 8th. Mayor Rosenello and Peter Lomax, the City’s environmental consultant, will deliver the tubelings tomorrow to the schools and educate classes with a brief presentation on the benefits of ‘green infrastructure’ and the importance of stewardship.
‘Green infrastructure’ (the establishment of trees/vegetation) is a vital component in benefitting the public health with protection of drinking water supplies, mitigating overflows from separate sewer systems, reducing storm-water pollution and CO2 emissions, and cooling densely developed neighborhoods. The planting of more trees will also increase the amount of critical filters for our air and assist in reductions of erosion in unstable areas, as well as increasing soil permeability to facilitate groundwater recharge. Additionally, when trees are properly planted and maintained, they increase property values with visually appealing curbsides and can reduce energy costs in both excessive heat and cold.
“The City of North Wildwood has always been a proponent of healthy living and ecological promotion,” said Mayor Patrick Rosenello. “In addition to the distribution of tree tubelings tomorrow for Arbor Day, the City has also applied for a grant to develop a Community Forestry Management Plan and we are pursuing the City’s participation in Sustainable Jersey and Tree City USA,” said Rosenello. With these planning efforts underway, the City is focused on conserving its natural resources and in similar fashion, by gifting trees to the elementary students in North Wildwood, intends to inspire its young people to become stewards of the land.
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