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Arbor Month Celebrates Health Benefits of Trees
Minnesota Ag Connection - 04/29/2016

Trees help reduce skin cancer. They reduce stressful noises and keep the air clean. These are just a few of the many ways trees help people stay healthy. During Arbor Month, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources urges everyone to get their daily dose of trees.

"Trees are amazingly important to our health," explains Jennifer Teegarden, DNR forestry outreach specialist. "Did you know childhood asthma rates are lower in urban neighborhoods that have more trees?"

This year's Arbor Month theme, "Get your daily dose of trees for a healthy you and me," focuses on the mental and physical health benefits of trees. An infographic poster produced by the DNR and endorsed by the Minnesota Department of Health showcases the many ways trees contribute to a healthy environment:

-- Reducing exposure to UV rays, the primary cause of skin cancer.

-- Reducing stressful noises by 50 percent.

-- Decreasing mental fatigue by relaxing and restoring the mind.

-- Reducing heat stroke and heat exhaustion by decreasing summer temperatures by up to 20 degrees Fahrenheit.

-- Promoting healing by helping patients refocus their attention and increase their pain threshold.

A new two-minute video will help viewers young and old, understand the connections between trees and their health. Watch the video at the DNR Arbor Month website at www.mndnr.gov/arbormonth.

In May, the DNR is partnering with University of Minnesota Rochester (UMR) to present a series of talks on the health benefits of trees and nature during the UMR Connects lecture series. A different topic is scheduled every Tuesday from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in room 417 of University Square in Rochester. The lectures will also be broadcast live at http://tinyurl.com/je6zjkt. UMR Connects is free and open to the public.

Visit the DNR Arbor Month website www.mndnr.gov/arbormonth for more information on the health benefits of trees, to download a copy of the poster and watch the video.


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