Sacramento City Forester Joe Benassini ndi amene adalandira Mphotho ya Tsiku la Arbor mu 2012 polemekeza zomwe adachita pakubzala mitengo, kusamalira, ndi kuyang'anira. Benassini ndi m'modzi mwa anthu ndi mabungwe 16 omwe akudziwika ndi Arbor Day Foundation chaka chino. Iye akulandira Mphotho ya Champion of Trees poyamikira utsogoleri wake popititsa patsogolo mfundo za nkhalango zogwira mtima.
"Popereka moyo wake waukatswiri ku nkhalango zogwira ntchito zamatauni ndikupereka chisamaliro chofunikira chamitengo kudzera mu utsogoleri wamphamvu ndi ndondomeko yabwino, Joe Benassini amakhala chitsanzo kwa akatswiri osamalira mitengo," atero a John Rosenow, woyambitsa komanso wamkulu wa Arbor Day Foundation.
Kuyambira 1972, Arbor Day Foundation yazindikira ntchito yotsogolera oyang'anira zachilengedwe ndi obzala mitengo kudzera pa Mphotho yapachaka ya Arbor Day. Kuti mudziwe zambiri za mphotho ndi omwe adalandira chaka chino, mutha kuwerenga nkhani yonse ya atolankhani Pano.