Date: 1933

Title: "A Tree for a Tree" Program

Description:

As early as the 1870's the faculty at the college realized the threat of the de-forestation of Michigan. Dr. Kedzie, chemistry professor and Dr. William Beal, professor of botany and forestry, wrote at length deploring the rapid disappearance of Michigan's forests and urging farmers to plant trees. Kedzie and Beal encouraged farmers to plant trees. In 1877, a forest nursery was established on campus to provide farmers with saplings at cost. By 1933, Michigan State's tree nurseries produced 1.3 million trees for the U.S Forest Service and Civilian Conservation Corps to plant in Michigan with the goal of "A tree for a Tree" to preserve and sustain the state's woodlands.



From The Spirit of Michigan State, by J. Bruce McCristal