Fairchild recognized as Tree City community Published April 10, 2007 FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash. -- Over the past eleven years, more than 2,000 trees and shrubs have been planted in the parks and along the streets of Fairchild Air Force Base to make our community a more pleasant place to live. This year, the tradition continues on April 11 with an Arbor Day tree-planting ceremony. The ceremony will be help at 1 p.m. outside the Bud Day Bldg. 1256, which is located by the Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape School. During the ceremony, base leadership will accept this year's Tree City USA awards. The National Arbor Day Foundation, in cooperation with the USDA Forest Service and the National Association of State Foresters, recognizes towns and cities across America that meet the standards of the Tree City USA program. Nearly half the trees in a typical city are on public property, along streets, in parks, and around buildings. The Tree City USA program is designed to recognize those communities that effectively manage their public tree resources and to encourage the implementation of community tree management based on Tree City USA standards. The standards provide structure for a community forestry program, require the program to demonstrate success based on the judgment of the state forester's office, and provide for an awareness and appreciation of trees among the residents of the community. Tree City USA recognition makes a strong contribution to our community's pride and puts us in touch with other communities and resources which can help improve our program. Fairchild Air Force Base has been recognized as a Tree City community every year since 1994. The base has also received the Tree City USA Growth Award each year since 1995. The growth award is given to communities that go the "extra mile" in improving urban forestry resources. Information compiled by the 92nd Civil Engineer Squadron and the Arbor Day Foundation.