BEAVER CREEK TREE PLANTING - SATURDAY OCT. 16TH - REMINDER - VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!!!!
Make a Difference. Get Dirty for Improved Water Quality!
Plant some trees with us on Saturday, October 16.
Seneca Valley Chapter of Trout Unlimited is sponsoring a tree and shrub planting event on Beaver Creek, a headwater stream of the Chesapeake BayEarth day may be in April, but you have a chance in October to make a difference for the environment by helping plant trees and shrubs along Beaver Creek in Washington County (near Hagerstown, Md). The planting will establish a stream buffer and protect stream banks in a restored section of Beaver Creek.
| WHEN | October 16, 2010, at 9:00 a.m. until the job is done or you have to leave. It should not take much more than the morning if we have a lot of willing volunteers. (If you can come earlier to help distribute plants that would be helpful.) |
| WHERE | Beaver Creek Restoration site. Beaver Creek Fly Fishing only area. Gather in the fly fishing parking area off Beaver Creek Road (see directions below) |
| WHAT TO BRING | Gloves, shovels, waders or boots if you have them, and a good attitude to pitch in and do what needs to be done to replant the restoration area from this summer’s work. |
| WHAT IS PROVIDED | We will have coffee, water, lunch, and all the plants. |
| WHAT TO DO | Hold the date and let us know you are coming so we know how many lunches we will need.Contact: Noel Gollehon at ngollehon@comcast.net or call 301-928-0151 |
| DIRECTIONS (FROM FREDERICK, MD) | • Take I-70 West to MD route 66, Mapleville Rd (Exit 35)• Proceed South toward Boonsboro for less than a mile• Turn right on Beaver Creek Road• Go past Beaver Creek Church Road to the Fly Fishing Parking on the right (if you cross Beaver Creek you have gone too far) |