Earth Week 2006 - April 22nd-28th

"Conserving Our Resources"

   
    At the March 20th, 2006 Village Board Meeting, a proclamation was signed by the board members to recognize April 22nd through April 28th as Earth Week 2006 here in the Village of Turtle Lake. The week begins on Earth Day, April 22nd, and will end on Arbor Day, April 28th.

    The Village has held Spring and Fall Clean-Up days for many years, and in the past numerous residents have participated in this event.  The success and anticipation of this day led to expanding on an already established movement to beautify and consciously take care of our surrounding environment.  2006 will mark the second annual event of Earth Week in Turtle Lake.  It is a time to recognize and celebrate the international holiday of Earth Day and doing our part in preserving our forests and landscape with Arbor Day.

2006 Earth Week Events:

• Earth Day Everyday! - Do your part at Home and in your Community

• Earth Day in the Park - Landscaping and Clean-Up with Boy Scouts & Girl Scouts and Community Residents

• 4th Graders Decorate Grocery Bags for distribution to promote Earth Week

• New Flower Beds in Village Park

• Continued Landscaping Prep Work behind Village Hall and Library

• Continued Trial work at Skinaway Recreational Park

• Poster Display Donated by area school - Cumberland MS 7th Graders created posters on Environmental Awareness

• Lions Club and TLES 5th Graders Highway Clean-Up

• Spring Clean-Up Village-wide for all residents

• Arbor Day Tree Planting with DNR Forester and Turtle Lake Elementary 4th Graders

• Turtle Lake on its way to becoming a Tree City USA!

Below are images from Earth Day in the Park of the 2nd Annual Earth Week program.  Community groups came together on this day and throughout the week to bring awareness of environmental issues and concerns while providing public service.

Thank You, Volunteers!

Girl Scouts and Brownie Troops work with Garden Club planting Flower Bed in Village Park
	Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts continued work on the New Trial System at Skinaway Lake Recreational Park			Skinaway Lake	Benches were installed at the Park as an Eagle Scout project
	Donated Lunch - Served by Volunteers
Informational Exhibits and Displays in the Ritsche Pavilion
					Xcel Energy Representative - Trudy Popenhagen speaks to group regarding Energy Conservation
		Poster Display courtesy of area school - Cumberland MS 7th Grade Science Students and Northern Bader Media Co.
	Barron County Recycling Center Display	Guest Speaker Tia Nelson shares with students in TL and area schools	Arbor Day Tree Planting with DNR Forester - Chris Rucinski and TLES 4th Graders

If you would like to become involved or support the upcoming Earth Week events,
please contact us at (715) 986-2241 or asst@turtlelakewi.com

Did you know?

• If every household replaced one light bulb with a compact fluorescent bulb, it would be the equivalent of eliminating the pollution from one million cars!
• If every plastic bottle were recycled, landfills would be 2 billion tons lighter!
• Used motor oil from a single oil change can ruin a million gallons of fresh water—a year’s supply for 50 people! (You dump it, you drink it.)
• Planting 100 million trees could reduce the amount of carbon by an estimated 18 million tons per year and at the same time, save American consumers $4 billion each year on utility bills.

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