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>>> IT WAS MORE THAN JUST A
WALK IN THE PARK FOR SOME
BALTIMORE CITY STUDENTS TODAY.
THEY WERE WORKING HARD AND
GETTING AN UP CLOSE AND
PERSONAL LESSON ABOVE THE
ENVIRONMENT.
RON MATZ HAS MORE ON A BIG DIG
IN BALTIMORE CITY.
>> Reporter: THEY WERE DIGGING
AND MULCHING, IN DRUID HILL
PARK TODAY.
>> HI.
>> WHAT ARE YOU DOING TODAY?
>> PLANTING A TREE.
>> Reporter: DOZENS OF
BALTIMORE CITY STUDENTS CAME
HE
RE TO GET A BETTER
UNDERSTANDING OF THE IMPORTANCE
OF TREES.
>> AND SO WE'LL HAVE MORE TREES
ON EARTH.
AND SO WE CAN HAVE OXYGEN.
>> AND WATER.
>> THE BIG DIG IS SPONSORED BY
THE GREATER BALTIMORE URBAN
LEAGUE.
>> IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT'S
AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO
ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING TO
IMPROVE OUR ENVIRONMENT.
>> Reporter: STUDENTSSTUDENTS
FROM LOCKERMAN BUNDY AND
VENTILLO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
COULDN'T WAIT TO
GET STARTED.
.
>> THEY'RE GRABBING SHOVELS,
GRABBING MULCH.
THEY'RE WEEDING, DIGGING,
PLANTING TREES.
AND IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
THEM.
>> AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE
BALTIMORE A HEALTHIER PLACE TO
LIVE.
>> RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE 27%
CANOPY IN BALTIMORE.
AND THE HEALTHIEST CITIES HAVE
40% CANOPIES.
SO THE TREE INITIATIVE IS
TRYING TO GET AS MANY PEOPLE AS
POSSIBLE ENGAGED IN PLANTING
TREES.
>> Reporter: THIS IS THE FIRST
BIG DIG.
AND IT'S EXPECTED TO BECOME AN
ANNUAL EVENT.
>> WE ANTICIPATE
IT BEING A
GREAT SUCCESS.
AND IT IS SOMETHING WE WILL
LOOK FORWARD TO DOING IN THE
FUTURE.
>> Reporter: A FUTURE BY
GROWING THIS CANOPY, ONE TREE
AT A TIME.
>> THIS IS IMPORTANT.
TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ENOUGH
TREES SO WE CAN BREATHE.
>> Reporter: RON MATZ, WJZ
EYEWITNESS NEWS.
>> AND THERE WILL BE A FREE