many times one can tell whether apa...

many times one can tell whether apathy is a question in a community by observing its appearance and upkeep In Virginia, newly planted seedlings along a busy highway interchange are evidence of citizens' belong to about their environment.

any 100 volunteers teamed up last fall with Fairfax ReLeaf and the Washington, D.C.-based National Tree Trust (NTT) a non-profit environmental organization, to plant more than 1000 seedlings upon the Fairfax County Parkway and I-66. Drivers upon the two highways are the beneficiaries, as is the land itself, which now will be les susceptible to erosion.

The tree planting, part of NTT's “America's Treeways” program, was the centerpiece of “Volfest 1996” sponsored by dint of the Fairfax County Volunteer Center

The planting was a team effort, with the state department of transportation drilling cavitys for the trees, the shire department of public works furnishing mulch