Family starts to plant 10,000 trees on Earth Day Greg Johnson hopes trees will protect nearby Rubicon River from runoff, create a home for even more wildlife Share Updated: 7:23 PM CDT Apr 22, 2021 Family starts to plant 10,000 trees on Earth Day Greg Johnson hopes trees will protect nearby Rubicon River from runoff, create a home for even more wildlife Share Updated: 7:23 PM CDT Apr 22, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript THEY’RE GETTING IT DONE. PULLING THE GOLD ONE BY ONE IN ROW BY ROW PUTTING THE TREES IN THE TRENCH AND PLAYERS BEHIND US THE JOHNSON FAMILY WITH THE HELP OF WAGNER’S TREE FARM SPENT THEIR EARTH DAY PLANTING TREES HOW MANY TREES YOU’RE PLANTING HERE TODAY? I MEAN, THIS IS A 10,000 TREE PROJECT. THAT’S 15 ACRES. IT’S 10,000 TREES AND EACH ONE GETS HANDLED ONE AT A TIME HERE AND GETS HANDLED ONE AT A TIME WHEN IT GETS PUT IN THE GROUND AND THIS TEAM CAN WORK FAST WITH THE HELP OF THE TRACTOR THEY CAN PLANT ABOUT EIGHT TREES AND JUST 30 SECONDS. THIS IS THE LAST CHUNK OF LAND ON GREG JOHNSON’S NEARLY 80 ACRE TREE-FILLED PROPERTY. THEY’VE RENTED OUT FOR CROP FARMING. BUT HE HOPES THIS SWITCH WILL PROTECT THE NEARBY RUBICON RIVER FROM RUNOFF. HOME FOR EVEN MORE WILDLIFE WHEN I BOUGHT THIS FARM THERE WAS NO ANIMALS ON IT. WE TOOK A WALK YESTERDAY SAW SANDHILL CRANES DUCKS GEESE BALD EAGLES FLYING AROUND HERE THIS MORNING. MINK SQUIRRELS RABBITS TURKEYS THE ALL MOVED IN WE PLANT THE TREES THEY COME IT’S IT’S AMAZING. GOOD MITCH, THE BIG PLAN JUST HAPPENED TO LINE UP ON EARTH DAY, BUT SAYS IT’S A GOOD DAY TO DO YOUR PART. EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE AND TRYING TO SAVE THE WORLD THAT YOU’RE NOT GONNA SAVE THE WORLD. JUST TAKE A LITTLE PIECE OF IT PLANT. SOME TREES HAVE SOME FUN AND RUBICON HANNAH HILL YOUR WISN 12 NEWS. WELL, EVEN AT THEIR QUICK PACE GETTING ALL 10,000 TREES PLANTED