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Tree Planting
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Volunteers needed for tree planting May 1  
 
The planting of 700 trees will highlight this year’s Coastal Bays tree planting event. On May 1 at 11 a.m., the conservation work kicks off when volunteers are invited to Buckingham Elementary on Main Street in Berlin to assist in the restoration.  
The swamp and sugar maples, sycamores, pin oaks, green ashes, and red cedars will be planted along the ditch in a currently mowed area on the north side of the school.  
Those who want to volunteer to restore the school grounds can show up any time between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. and should wear gloves and bring a shovel and hammer. Some shovels will be provided for those who have none.  
Coastal Bays Program t-shirts, hats and the Delmarva Bicycling map will be available at discount prices. Clubs, schools, and organizations are encouraged to come.  
The site will be forever retained as a forested ditchside buffer, critical for improving water quality and providing habitat for native wildlife.  
School officials will maintain the site and mulch will be used to inhibit noxious weeds. Money for the $5,000 planting is being provided by Worcester County as part of their use of forest mitigation funds. The moneys are paid when developers choose to pay into a fund when they take down more than a certain percentage of forest on their property. Tree shelters have been donated by Sandra Frazier, owner of the Golden Quarter Farm.  
With this event, the Coastal Bays Program will have planted more than 3,000 trees in the coastal bays watershed.  


Image # 21427 - 04/22/2005