MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) — Nearly 120 first-grade students joined foresters on Wednesday, Oct. 8 to plant five trees at Humboldt Park in Milwaukee’s Bay View neighborhood during the 27th annual Tree Day celebration.
Foresters and naturalists from Milwaukee County Parks, the City of Milwaukee Forestry Division and Wehr Nature Center led the effort along the first base line of the Ken Keltner baseball field behind the park pavilion.
Students from Trowbridge Street School, Parkside School of the Arts and St. Lucas Lutheran School participated in three planting sessions throughout the day…