PHOTOS: Arbor Day 2024 celebration
CASEY KREIDER | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 2 years, 3 months AGO
Dani Crandell with Montana Wild Wings Recovery Center holds a barn owl during a demonstration at the Arbor Day celebration at Lawrence Park on Friday, April 26. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Third-grade students in Melaina Ames' class at Hedges Elementary School sing and dance around a Maypole during the Arbor Day celebration at Lawrence Park on Friday, April 26. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Third-grade students scale a climbing wall at a Montana Army National Guard station at the Arbor Day celebration at Lawrence Park on Friday, April 26. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Third-grade students help plant a black walnut tree the children voted to name "Brook" at the Arbor Day celebration at Lawrence Park on Friday, April 26. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Dani Crandell with Montana Wild Wings Recovery Center holds a peregrine falcon during a demonstration at the Arbor Day celebration at Lawrence Park on Friday, April 26. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Rankin Elementary third-graders are hoisted into the canopy of a horse chestnut tree at the Trees For Life station at the Arbor Day celebration at Lawrence Park on Friday, April 26. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Doe Carroll with Montana Wild Wings Recovery Center holds a northern saw whet owl during a demonstration at the Arbor Day celebration at Lawrence Park on Friday, April 26. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Leslie Mathern with Montana Wild Wings Recovery Center holds a great horned owl during a demonstration at the Arbor Day celebration at Lawrence Park on Friday, April 26. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Fred Bicha, right, Parks Superintendent with Kalispell Parks & Recreation, receives the Tree City USA Growth Award on behalf of the city from Greg Poncin, with the Montana DNRC, at the Arbor Day celebration at Lawrence Park on Friday, April 26. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Third-grade students help plant a black walnut tree the children voted to name "Brook" at the Arbor Day celebration at Lawrence Park on Friday, April 26. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Third-grade students help plant a black walnut tree the children voted to name "Brook" at the Arbor Day celebration at Lawrence Park on Friday, April 26. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Casey Kreider is a staff photographer for the Daily Inter Lake. His work documents news, sports, wildlife, landscapes and everyday life across Northwest Montana through visual storytelling. Kreider’s keen eye captures major sporting events, community moments, and the natural beauty that defines the region. He is a graduate of Penn State University and previously worked as a photographer for Lancaster Newspapers in Pennsylvania. In 2024, he received the Montana Newspaper Association’s Mel Ruder Photograph of the Year award. IMPACT: Kreider's work brings readers closer to the people, places and moments that shape life in Northwest Montana through powerful visual journalism. | April 26, 2024 1:05 PM
Third-grade students in School District 5 participate in a host of activities including environmental education booths, park beautification, tree planting and an Arbor Day ceremony at Lawrence Park in Kalispell on Friday, April 26.
Third-grade students in Melaina Ames' class at Hedges Elementary School sing and dance around a Maypole during the Arbor Day celebration at Lawrence Park on Friday, April 26. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Third-grade students scale a climbing wall at a Montana Army National Guard station at the Arbor Day celebration at Lawrence Park on Friday, April 26. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Third-grade students help plant a black walnut tree the children voted to name "Brook" at the Arbor Day celebration at Lawrence Park on Friday, April 26. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Dani Crandell with Montana Wild Wings Recovery Center holds a peregrine falcon during a demonstration at the Arbor Day celebration at Lawrence Park on Friday, April 26. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Rankin Elementary third-graders are hoisted into the canopy of a horse chestnut tree at the Trees For Life station at the Arbor Day celebration at Lawrence Park on Friday, April 26. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Doe Carroll with Montana Wild Wings Recovery Center holds a northern saw whet owl during a demonstration at the Arbor Day celebration at Lawrence Park on Friday, April 26. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Leslie Mathern with Montana Wild Wings Recovery Center holds a great horned owl during a demonstration at the Arbor Day celebration at Lawrence Park on Friday, April 26. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Fred Bicha, right, Parks Superintendent with Kalispell Parks & Recreation, receives the Tree City USA Growth Award on behalf of the city from Greg Poncin, with the Montana DNRC, at the Arbor Day celebration at Lawrence Park on Friday, April 26. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Third-grade students help plant a black walnut tree the children voted to name "Brook" at the Arbor Day celebration at Lawrence Park on Friday, April 26. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Third-grade students help plant a black walnut tree the children voted to name "Brook" at the Arbor Day celebration at Lawrence Park on Friday, April 26. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
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