Bee Tree Preserve Planting

Hello Tree Stewards,

I want to thank all the volunteers for doing such a great job at the Bee Tree Preserve Planting last Saturday, especially the volunteers from Towson Presbyterian Church, Grace Fellowship Church, Hereford High School Environmental Club, Philmont Scout Troop 451, and Boy Scout Pack 247. Fortunately for us all the weather was not an impairment. And hopefully all of you enjoyed yourselves and made some new friends.

Each of you helped to plant a total of 75 trees in the riparian (stream bank) area of Bee Tree Run. Your hard work of planting trees has helped to improve water quality, stabilize banks, decrease erosion, provide shade which lowers the water temperatures and increases aquatic diversity, create wildlife habitat, and provide cleaner air for us all. You should feel proud for making a difference for our environment and for future generations!

I also want to thank the Crew Chiefs, Dante Tamburrino, Tiiu Mayer, Tom Earnst, Bob Batchelor, and Charlie Conklin for their leadership, time, and enthusiasm to lead and teach others about the significance of planting trees! They did a great job! A special thank you to John Hobner for planning the tree selection and taking the time for tree delivery. Thanks John!

Lastly, I want to thank Chesapeake Bay Trust for helping to make this planting possible by providing the funding for the event. Through their watershed stewardship grant to the Gunpowder Valley Conservancy we can plant 2,000 trees on 10 acres per year. That is fantastic!

I hope you all had a fun, educational day and feel really good about yourselves for helping to improve our environment. Thank you again! I hope to see you again at future plantings.

Sincerely,

Peggy Perry

Program Director

Gunpowder Valley Conservancy

410-668-0118

www.gunpowderfalls.org