Boy Scout Grant Younger smiles at the work facing him and his crew of volunteers. | Jon Langham~for Sun-Times Media

Grant Younger holds a tag from one of the historic oak trees donated by the Morton Arboretum. | Jon Langham~for Sun-Times Media

Grant Younger instructs a group of volunteers about the proper way to plant an oak tree. Younger organized an Eagle Scout project involving planting trees at a Girl Scout Camp. | Jon Langham~for Sun-Times Media

Boy Scout Grant Younger plants an oak tree donated by the Morton Arboretum propagated from historic oak trees living in Oak Park. | Jon Langham~for Sun-Times Media

Kurt Ulrich of La Grange carries a power post hole digger to the area to be planted with trees. | Jon Langham~for Sun-Times Media

Greg Buckley of Downers Grove and Kurt Ulrich of La Grange use a post hole digger to locate the holes where trees will be planted in an area largely devoid of any trees. | Jon Langham~for Sun-Times Media

Daniel Nutt of La Grange and Mike Martin of Beverly dig a hole for a large river birch. | Jon Langham~for Sun-Times Media

A crew from Hinsdale Nurseries plants an 8-foot river birch to start the tree planting project off. | Jon Langham~for Sun-Times Media