Sioux City to honor Arbor Day with tree planting event
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (KCAU) — Arbor Day is this Friday, and Sioux City's Parks and Recreation Department is planning to honor the holiday in a big way.
According to a release, the department will hold a tree planting event at 1 p.m. on Friday, April 25. It will take place outside and to the west of the Seaboard Triumph Foods Expo Center. If the weather is a factor, then it will be held inside the expo center.
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The Sioux City Parks and Recreation Department says that trees 'can reduce cooling and heating costs 15-25%, provide additional value to properties, and reduce the CO2 in the air.'
Arbor Day is held every year on the last Friday of April. It was first recognized in Nebraska on April 10, 1872.
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