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Eureka Springs Stands as Arkansas' Elder Tree City USA

J. Froelich
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KUAF
Faith and Michael Shah, Kelly Clarke and Chris Fischer strike a pose during a drenched Earth Day weekend in Eureka Springs next to their Native Plant Garden Project.

The city of Eureka Springs, thirty-five years ago, was the first city in the state to be designated a "Tree City USA" by the national Arbor Day Foundation. A blossoming coalition of local green groups, led by the Downtown Native Plant Garden Project, are collaborating to sustainably restore Eureka's green ecosystem. The crew gave away more than a hundred trees to the community to plant, on Monday.

Jacqueline Froelich is an investigative reporter and news producer for Ozarks at Large.