Gangwha County Governor Yu Cheon-ho Plants Trees on Arbor Day at Gangwha Girls' High School

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Shin Eun-seop] Gangwha County Governor Yu Cheon-ho held a tree-planting ceremony at Gangwha Girls' High School (Principal Yu Bok-hyun) on the 29th, ahead of the 76th Arbor Day.

On this day, Governor Yu, together with Principal Yu Bok-hyun and students, planted magnolia trees that herald spring's arrival earliest, mugunghwa flowers representing the national flower, and apple trees symbolizing abundance and fruitfulness.

Meanwhile, the county plans to invest a total of 1.71 billion won in forest management projects covering 549 hectares of forestland in the region this year, including △large-scale tree planting △fine dust reduction forest planting △vine removal △young tree maintenance △and fine dust reduction public forest management projects.

In particular, through public forest management, the county plans to thin out trees of poor quality and dead trees to properly guide air circulation within the forest and to create undergrowth preservation forests on 420 hectares in areas including Gilsang-myeon and Gyodong-myeon, which can maximize the absorption and absorption of fine dust.

Governor Yu Cheon-ho said, "With the excitement of new school years, new friends, and new semesters, I hope students will devote themselves to their studies with fresh determination and achieve all their hopes and bear fruit just as apple trees bear abundant fruit."