Celebrate Spring with us:
Plant Trees for Water and Wildlife!

Dear Outdoor Volunteers,

Thanks to the Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s “Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership” and Growing Native, ClearWater’s wonderful volunteer-led native plant nursery, we have 1000 trees and shrubs to plant along streams to protect water quality and provide wildlife habitat!

Below are dates for tree plantings and related activities. Please pre-register 1 week before each date so we prepare accordingly for each work session. For each session, you can come for as long as you like and leave when you have to. Tools and gloves are provided, or you are welcome to bring your own.

To get involved:
  1. Review the dates below
  2. Follow the link to register for the dates you can help
  3. You will receive an email prior to each work session you signed up for with all the details you'll need to participate
  4. Questions? email: colleen@clearwaterconservancy.org or call: 814-237-0400
Thanks so much for your help this spring!
Colleen DeLong
Habitat Stewardship Biologist, ClearWater Conservancy
8 Dates to Participate!

Thursday, April 12, 8:30 am
To do: Pick up 800 tree shelters and stakes in Centre Hall, bring them to ClearWater Conservancy's garage (2555 N. Atherton Street, State College, PA), and sort them into groups for upcoming tree plantings.

Fun Tasks: Help load and unload shelters and stakes. Trucks, vans or cars to haul tree shelters and stakes appreciated. Sort shelters into groups for each planting site in the garage. If you can only help to sort the trees at the garage, that's fine too!

Thursday-Friday April 19-20
To do: Sort 800 bare-root trees and shrubs and store carefully in ClearWater Conservancy's garage (2555 N. Atherton Street, State College, PA)

Fun Tasks: Help sort native trees and shrubs, for each planting site, and store in garage
 
Tuesday April 17, 9 am-12 pm
To do: Plant Trees & Shrubs on a Stream Buffer on a Penn’s Valley Farm with the US Department of Agriculture and ClearWater partnership

Fun Tasks: Plant native trees and shrubs
 
Friday April 20, 9 am-12 pm
To do: This is a miscellaneous work day to plant new sites as they as they pop up

Fun Tasks: Planting, sorting, etc.

Saturday April 21, 9 am-12 pm
To do: Native Garden Clean-up day, coinciding with Watershed CleanUp Day, at ClearWater Conservancy's Office (2555 N Atherton Street, State College, PA)

Fun Tasks: trim garden plants, mulch, pull weeds, pick up litter

Wednesday April 25, 9 am until completed
To do: Plant Trees & Shrubs in Oak Hall, PA on a Stream Buffer along Spring Creek and wetlands with Trout Unlimited and ClearWater Conservancy

Fun Tasks: Plant native trees and shrubs
 
Friday April 27, 9 am-3 pm
To do: Help 5 th graders Plant Trees & Shrubs on a Stream Buffer along the headwaters of Spring Creek just east of Boalsburg, PA   

Fun Tasks: Be a group leader to help students plant native trees and shrubs

Monday April 30, 10 am-2pm
To do: Plant Trees & Shrubs along Slab Cabin Run in “Kissinger Meadow” in State College with Trout Unlimited, Fish & Wildlife Service and ClearWater Conservancy

Fun Tasks: Plant native trees and shrubs

If you can help with one or more of these work sessions, please click below.
Thanks!
SPECIAL NOTE to Riparian Buffer Site Stewards
If any of you need trees and shrubs for your buffers this spring, please let Colleen know in April. We’ll give you trees, and planting help if you need it, to help you replant any empty tree shelters on your stream buffers.
Call or email with questions:
Colleen DeLong, ClearWater Conservancy
814-237-0400