The Arbor Day tree planting day this spring in New Glarus has been cancelled.

“Due to the risk involved, we did not want to put volunteers or homeowners at risk to plant the trees. We do still plan to plant 13 new trees in the downtown to replace the ones that were removed this winter, and we will plant a few new trees in Hoesly Park,” said Village Forester Paul Jennrich. “I will work with the Public Works department to plant the trees so we do not need to risk any volunteers’ health.”

Next spring, New Glarus will be celebrating their 25th year of planting trees on Arbor Day and...