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75 trees planted at Bee Tree Preserve

Plantings to help protect Gunpowder watershed

By Pat van den Beemt
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Posted 11/04/09

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(Enlarge) Volunteers planted about 75 trees at Bee Tree Preserve in Parkton on Oct. 31.

A group of 54 volunteers helped plant 75 trees at Bee Tree Preserve in Parkton on Oct. 31.

The project was headed up by the Gunpowder Valley Conservancy, a nonprofit organization that has organized planting of more than 17,000 trees in the Gunpowder watershed since the early 1990s.

Groups from Grace Fellowship Church, Towson Presbyterian Church, Hereford High School, Boy Scout Pack 247 and Boy Scout Troop 451 participated in the planting.

The trees included swamp white oak, red buds, river birch, sycamores and black willow, said Peggy Perry, program director of education and restoration for Gunpowder Valley Conservancy. She said the trees ranged from 4- to 7-feet in height and were planted along Bee Tree Run.

Bee Tree Preserve is a 258-acre tract off Bee Tree and Kauffman roads in Parkton that is owned by Towson Presbyterian Church.

The plantings were funded by the Chesapeake Bay Trust.