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Activists call for expanding urban tree planting program in Massachusetts

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The tree nursery of the city of Springfield's Forestry Department located in Forest Park

Funding sought in environmental bond bill

Activists are urging state funding to greatly expand a tree planting program in Massachusetts.

Almost two-dozen groups and more than 250 individuals have signed a letter calling for passage of legislation creating a municipal reforestation program. They want to fund it through an environmental bond bill.

WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill spoke with Glen Ayers, a Greenfield resident who is a member of the Massachusetts chapter of Elders Climate Action.

The record-setting tenure of Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno. The 2011 tornado and its recovery that remade the largest city in Western Massachusetts. The fallout from the deadly COVID outbreak at the Holyoke Soldiers Home. Those are just a few of the thousands and thousands of stories WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill has covered for WAMC in his nearly 17 years with the station.