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Penn State Mont Alto professor Craig Houghton demonstrates proper tree planting techniques. October was a big month for Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay tree plantings in Pennsylvania! The Alliance is wrapping up its October Proves Successful for ‘Trees for Tomorrow’ program in Franklin County, and helped coordinate volunteer plantings at six locations to plant over 800 new …
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[one_full class=”acb-img-content-wrap” ]In Maryland, and the Chesapeake Bay watershed as a whole, private forestland plays a vital role in helping to maintain water quality and overall watershed health. During the past two decades there has been a rapid increase in the number of forest landowners in the region. Often the only person many new landowners …
Forests For The Bay Launches New Tool To Help Develop Conservation Projects Nearly 80% of woodlands in the Chesapeake are owned by families and businesses. This means that much of the clean air and water, wildlife habitat, jobs, and other benefits are provided by private woodland owners. To help maintain and enhance these benefits, many …
TreeBaltimore is a program aimed at increasing Baltimore City’s urban tree canopy by engaging citizens and community groups in their neighborhoods to help plant and maintain trees that will ultimately benefit their communities. The program is funded by Constellation Energy with key partners made up of TreeBaltimore, Baltimore City Recreation and Parks, the Alliance for the …
(Hampden Township, PA) 140 Kindergarten and First-grade students put the finishing touches on Sporting Hill Elementary School’s beautiful new Delta Garden. The planting culminates a project that has been two years in the making and included the entire school community- teachers, parents and facility staff. “Sporting Hill and Cumberland Valley will benefit from being direct …
Thursday, October 4th, 10:30 am — 1:30 p.m. Wilson College Science Center 1015 Philadelphia Avenue Chambersburg, PA 17201 If you keep any manure-producing animals—even one horse in your backyard—you are now required to have a manure management plan in Pennsylvania. But that doesn’t mean it has to be a difficult task. The Alliance for the …
On Thursday, June 19, federal, state and non-profit partners kicked off an initiative to accelerate the implementation of riparian forest buffers in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. The Chesapeake Riparian Forest Buffer Leadership Summit included discussions on the unique value of riparian forests in water quality and stream health, the importance of forest buffer goals set …
The Alliance Pennsylvania office has had a busy year in successfully launching the TreeVitalize Streams program. Nearly 1500 trees have been planted in these Susquehanna River watersheds: Little Conestoga, Little Swatara, Letort, Mud Run, Pequea; and the West Branch of the Susquehanna. To date nearly 500 volunteers have either participated in buffer training workshops; involved in …
The Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay (Alliance) and the Interfaith Partners for the Chesapeake (IPC) have hit a new milestone with their Trees for Sacred Places Project (formerly 10,000 Trees)! Throughout 2014, 36 congregations have planted 1200 native trees, making the total count for the project 1,700 new native trees planted at 40 congregations! Mother …
The Social Marketing Plan from TreeBaltimore, Tree Up, is a new way to reach non-traditional audiences in the Baltimore community with our tree planting message. Tree Ups are themed social events organized all over Baltimore where participants can have some fun and give back to the city by planting a tree. Tree Ups are for …
