Roosevelt students plant native sycamore for Arbor Day celebration

Roosevelt students plant native sycamore for Arbor Day celebration

- Tom Hardesty

Students with Kent Roosevelt High School’s Forestry and Landscape Management program recently received some valuable on-the-job training — and helped Ohio regain a little of itself in the process.

The students’ efforts were part of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources’ 75th anniversary celebration, with the organization providing a native tree and commemorative marker for each county in Ohio. Portage County received a sycamore tree (Platanus occidentalis).

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