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Celebrate Arbor Day by getting your free seedling - KARE

17.04.09

KARE 11, McDonalds and the Minnesota Forestry Industries are teaming up to celebrate Arbor Day by giving away free seedlings at McDonald's restaurants.

Red pine seedlings can be picked up at more than 225 participating McDonalds restaurant on Friday, April 24th. No purchase is necessary to participate.

Red (or Norway) pines are the official state tree. They can grow to nearly 150 feet tall and can live as long as 400 years.

Also this year, McDonald's and MFI are inviting people to enter to win one of five large, free trees that will be given away and planted in winners' yards. In 2008, more than 3,200 Minnesotans entered. Winners were drawn from the Minnesota cities of Columbia Heights, Osakis, Mankato, Wells and Saginaw.

You can enter to win in several ways: by clipping an entry form from Arbor Day tray liners that will be in McDonald's restaurants in April; by downloading an entry form from Minnesotaforests.com ; by filling in the entry form provided with

Source: KARE, MN

List of colleges in Minnesota that have forestry majors?

Apr 04, 2009 by swhitney15zo6 | Posted in Higher Education (University +)

i want to go to school to be a forester, but i dont know what schools have this program in minnesota

here are a few recommended http://www.edref.com/college-degrees/environmental-conservation/forestry/minnesota ITASCA COMMUNITY COLLEGE Grand Rapids 935
NORTHWEST TECHNICAL COLLEGE-BEMIDJI Bemidji 4,194
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA-TWIN CITIES Minneapolis 39,557

queenE | Apr 04, 2009