Nature’s table: Why the Central Wasatch needs food too

By: Meghan Trippany

Outlets: Utah News Dispatch

Published: April 22, 2026

Words: 788

Last Updated: 3 months, 1 week ago

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This year, as locals head into the Central Wasatch Mountains to plant and picnic for Arbor Day, they carry with them a 16th century Spanish tradition that inspired Don Ramón Vacas Roxo, the priest at Villanueva de La Sierra in Cáceres, Spain. In 1805, Don Ramón was so “convinced of the importance of trees for health, hygiene, decoration, nature, environment and customs,” that he led the first modern Arbor Day celebration with …

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