Save the Bay - Winter 2018

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Adding 10 million trees to buffer streams, urban
streets, abandoned mine land, and other priority
landscapes will be possible only through a broad
and diverse collaboration of partners. Connecting
these partners with willing landowners, placing
trees in the ground, and nurturing new trees will
be critical to our success.

Adams County Watershed Alliance Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay Alloway’s Army Antietam Watershed Association Arbor Day Foundation Central Pennsylvania Conservancy Chesapeake Bay Foundation Chesapeake Conservancy Clear Water Conservancy Conodoguinet Creek Watershed Association Doc Fritchey Trout Unlimited Donegal Trout Unlimited Huntingdon County Conservation District Juniata County Conservation District Juniata Watershed Alliance Lancaster Conservancy Lebanon Rotary Lebanon Valley Conservancy Luzerne Conservation District Manada Conservancy Master Watershed Stewards Musser Forests, Inc.

North Branch Land Trust
Octoraro Native
Plant Nursery
Partners for Fish
and Wildlife
Penn State Agriculture
and Environment Center
Penn State Cooperative
Extension
Penns Valley
Conservation Association
Pennsylvania Department
of Agriculture
Pennsylvania Department
of Conservation and
Natural Resources
Pennsylvania Department
of Environmental
Protection
Pennsylvania
Environmental Council
Pennsylvania Forestry
Association
Pennsylvania Landscape

& Nursery Association
Schuylkill Trout Unlimited
Silver Mine Park/
Pequea Township
Spring Creek Trout
Unlimited
Sterling Planet
Stroud Water
Research Center
Tiadaghton Trout
Unlimited
USDA Natural Resources
Conservation Service
York County
Conservation District
WGL Energy
Mark Hockley, Tree
Canopy Coordinator of the
Pennsylvania Department
of Conservation and Natural
Resources, prepares a hole
during a fall tree planting
at the New Cumberland
Borough Park.

conservation organizations and watershed groups;

conservancies; outdoors enthusiasts; businesses; and individuals strives to add

10 million new trees along streams, streets, and other priority areas by the end of 2025.

“We can improve the water quality of our rivers and streams, and get so many other benefits, by planting trees along them to slow down runoff and filter sediments and fertilizers we apply to the land,” DCNR Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn said. “To get this goal done requires innovation and collaboration. That’s why it’s so important that the Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership, guided by CBF, is there to assist with resources, coordination, and boots on the ground.”

LEARN MORE: To find out more about the Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership, visit tenmilliontrees.org.

STAY UP-TO-DATE: Legislation to establish a Keystone Tree Fund that would support DCNR’s tree planting programs was introduced in the state House and Senate in 2018 but did not get to a vote. The fund would create a voluntary three-dollar check-off box on Pennsylvania’s driver’s license and vehicle registration online applications, a small individual donation that could yield big payoffs for trees in Pennsylvania. Legislation to establish the Keystone Tree Fund could be re-introduced in the next legislative session starting in 2019.