About 25 Fermilab employees, users and contractors, in addition to the lab’s Roads and Grounds crew, came out for an Arbor Day tree planting on May 17. (Arbor Day was officially April 28.)
They planted 48 trees and bushes of varieties including hazelnut, musclewood, nannyberry, ninebark, redbud, shagbark hickory and white pine. This year the new trees were planted by the Short-Baseline Neutrino Far Detector and Near Detector buildings, near the MINOS building.
The Roads and Grounds Department coordinated the effort and served lunch afterward.
Arbor Day 2017
Rich Kujarh plants his tree. Photo: Leticia Shaddix
Arbor Day 2017
Rich Kujarh decides to pose for the camera. Photo: Leticia Shaddix
Arbor Day 2017
Bring her down easy!! Photo: Leticia Shaddix
Arbor Day 2017
You have to get down in the dirt when you're planting a tree. Photo: Leticia Shaddix
Arbor Day 2017
Can you give us a lift? Photo: Leticia Shaddix
Arbor Day 2017
This little guy takes a leave from the day care to help his mom plant a tree. Photo: Leticia Shaddix
Arbor Day 2017
Everyone enjoys eating a hot dog lunch after a solid afternoon of work. Photo: Leticia Shaddix
Arbor Day 2017
Dave Peterson had a good time planting trees! Photo: Leticia Shaddix
