Deerfield Valley scenery photography kindly provided by Nicki Steel

"A people without children would face a hopeless future: a country without trees is almost as hopeless; forest which are so used that they cannot renew themselves will soon vanish, and with them, all their benefits." - Theodore Roosevelt

"I am the heat of your hearth, the shade screening you from the sun; I am the beam that holds your house, the board of your table; I am the handle of your hoe, the door of your homestead, the wood of your cradle, and the shell of your coffin. I am the gift of God and the friend of man." - Unknown

"The clearest way into the universe is through a forest wilderness." - John Muir

"I never before knew the full value of trees. Under them I breakfast, dine, write, read and receive my company." - Thomas Jefferson

"He that plants trees loves others beside himself." - Thomas Fuller

"The time is always ripe to do right." - Martin Luther King, Jr.

"The best friend on earth of man is the tree. When we use the tree respectfully and economically, we have one of the greatest resources on earth." - Frank Lloyd Wright

"He who plants a tree plants a hope." - Lucy Larcom