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Landscape Architect Thomas E. Wirth, ASLA, took advantage of the date to help his community plant four skyline honeylocust trees along Main Street. Wirth said he will plant more on National Arbor Day this April.

The town drew up new plans for Main Street in the late 1990s to improve traffic flow. Wirth, as a member of an ad-hoc committee, developed an alternative plan retaining the old road width, and replanting trees close to the road to maintain local scale and character and keep traffic flow at bay.

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The trees set for planting in Mississippi and Louisiana include baldcypress, eastern redcedar, red maple, and red oak. Native trees and other natural habitats are important assets for the Gulf Coast and are vital to millions of birds that migrate across the Gulf of Mexico and depend on trees, forests and other habitats to provide crucial feeding and resting areas.