A century of planting trees: Musings on one hundred years of research

Deep in the moldering archives of the Lethbridge Research Centre lie the near-forgotten treasures diaries and journals from the Centre’s early days, a century ago. Their fading scrawls reveal more than cold data and sterile facts; they show us people and tell their stories. I read through some of these documents, now dog-eared and stained, on the approaching centennial of the Lethbridge Research Centre. One thing astounded me above all else: the emphasis, the urgency, the priority given to planting trees. Over and over are references to tree planting: