PHOTOS: Third-graders celebrate Kalispell's Arbor Day at Lawrence Park
CASEY KREIDER | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 8 months AGO
A volunteer with Montana Wild Wings Recovery Center holds a long-eared owl during a demonstration at the Arbor Day celebration at Lawrence Park on Friday, April 25. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Edgerton Elementary third-graders use a pair of braces with bits attached to drill holes at the Flathead High School wood shop station at the Arbor Day celebration at Lawrence Park on Friday, April 25. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Flathead Electric Cooperative journeyman tree trimmer James Gabriel scales a tree during a demonstration at the Arbor Day celebration at Lawrence Park on Friday, April 25. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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A volunteer with Montana Wild Wings Recovery Center holds a northern pygmy-owl during a demonstration at the Arbor Day celebration at Lawrence Park on Friday, April 25. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Edgerton Elementary third-graders use planers at the Flathead High School wood shop station at the Arbor Day celebration at Lawrence Park on Friday, April 25. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Third-graders are hoisted into the canopy of a tree at the Trees for Life station at the Arbor Day celebration at Lawrence Park on Friday, April 25. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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A volunteer with Montana Wild Wings Recovery Center holds a red-tailed hawk during a demonstration at the Arbor Day celebration at Lawrence Park on Friday, April 25. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Elrod Elementary third-graders sing a song about Arbor Day at the Arbor Day celebration at Lawrence Park on Friday, April 25. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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A volunteer with Montana Wild Wings Recovery Center holds a barn owl during a demonstration at the Arbor Day celebration at Lawrence Park on Friday, April 25. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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A volunteer with Montana Wild Wings Recovery Center holds a long-eared owl during a demonstration at the Arbor Day celebration at Lawrence Park on Friday, April 25. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Third-graders help plant a red horse chestnut tree they voted to name "Chester" at the Arbor Day celebration at Lawrence Park on Friday, April 25. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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A volunteer with Montana Wild Wings Recovery Center holds a northern pygmy-owl during a demonstration at the Arbor Day celebration at Lawrence Park on Friday, April 25. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Fred Bicha, Parks Superintendent with Kalispell Parks & Recreation, receives the Tree City USA Growth Award on behalf of the city at the Arbor Day celebration at Lawrence Park on Friday, April 25. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Casey Kreider is a photographer for the Daily Inter Lake and was awarded the 2024 Mel Ruder Photograph of the Year from the Montana Newspaper Association. He is a graduate of Penn State University and previously worked as a photographer for Lancaster Newspapers in Pennsylvania. He can be reached at [email protected]. | April 25, 2025 12:45 PM
Kalispell Public School District No. 5 third-graders celebrated Arbor Day at the City of Kalispell's annual ceremony held at Lawrence Park on Friday, April 25.
Edgerton Elementary third-graders use a pair of braces with bits attached to drill holes at the Flathead High School wood shop station at the Arbor Day celebration at Lawrence Park on Friday, April 25. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Flathead Electric Cooperative journeyman tree trimmer James Gabriel scales a tree during a demonstration at the Arbor Day celebration at Lawrence Park on Friday, April 25. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
A volunteer with Montana Wild Wings Recovery Center holds a northern pygmy-owl during a demonstration at the Arbor Day celebration at Lawrence Park on Friday, April 25. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Edgerton Elementary third-graders use planers at the Flathead High School wood shop station at the Arbor Day celebration at Lawrence Park on Friday, April 25. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Third-graders are hoisted into the canopy of a tree at the Trees for Life station at the Arbor Day celebration at Lawrence Park on Friday, April 25. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
A volunteer with Montana Wild Wings Recovery Center holds a red-tailed hawk during a demonstration at the Arbor Day celebration at Lawrence Park on Friday, April 25. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Elrod Elementary third-graders sing a song about Arbor Day at the Arbor Day celebration at Lawrence Park on Friday, April 25. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
A volunteer with Montana Wild Wings Recovery Center holds a barn owl during a demonstration at the Arbor Day celebration at Lawrence Park on Friday, April 25. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
A volunteer with Montana Wild Wings Recovery Center holds a long-eared owl during a demonstration at the Arbor Day celebration at Lawrence Park on Friday, April 25. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Third-graders help plant a red horse chestnut tree they voted to name "Chester" at the Arbor Day celebration at Lawrence Park on Friday, April 25. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
A volunteer with Montana Wild Wings Recovery Center holds a northern pygmy-owl during a demonstration at the Arbor Day celebration at Lawrence Park on Friday, April 25. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Fred Bicha, Parks Superintendent with Kalispell Parks & Recreation, receives the Tree City USA Growth Award on behalf of the city at the Arbor Day celebration at Lawrence Park on Friday, April 25. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
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