Seedlings For Schools:The Wildlife For Everyone Endowment Foundation Board of Directors agreed to continue the joint project with the Game Commission called “Seedlings for Schools.” Five hundred and twenty-six Pennsylvania schools participated. Howard Nursery sent 94,675 seedlings to these schools. Two programs were offered to schools. The Game Commission’s Howard Nursery provided teachers with seedlings for students to take home and plant.

 

The second program, “Seedlings for Habitat,” offered seedlings for planting on school or community grounds to improve habitat for wildlife. There was no charge for schools participating in this program. The expenses were covered by Waste Management, Wildlife For Everyone Endowment Foundation, Pheasants Forever Chapter #603, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, and Mealey’s Furniture.

 

Schools had two types of trees to choose from- - silky dogwood, which is a small flowering tree and Eastern white pine that can grow up to 100 feet tall. The Wildlife For Everyone Endowment Foundation, Waste Management, and the Game Commission intend to expand the program to more schools to get more youngsters involved.

Educational Kits: The Wildlife For Everyone Endowment Foundation and the Lehigh Valley Chapter of Pennsylvania provided funds for Raptor Box Educational Kits. The kits will be used in schools by the Game Commission in the southeast part of the state. The purpose of the kits is to educate youngster to the types of birds and mammals that make their home in Pennsylvania.

Habitat Assistance: The Wildlife For Everyone Endowment Foundation signed a contract with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service to provide assistance in delivering on-the-ground habitat for wildlife. Fish and wildlife habitat will be restored where wetland were drained. The projects sites will be Kelly Run Stream Restoration in Erie County, Crooked Creek Stream Restoration in Blair County, Tipton Run Stream Restoration in Blair County, Bald Eagle Creek Stream Restoration in York County, State Game Lands #120 Wetland Restoration in Clearfield County, and West Branch Conestoga Dam Removal in Lancaster County.

Stream Restoration: The Foundation received a $150,000 grant to restore streams in Centre County. Fifty acres of riparian buffers will be established, 2,000 linear feet of stream bank will be restored, 280 acres of pasture will be renovated, 15 acres of forested buffers will be planted, 800 linear feet of stabilized waterways will be created, 400-foot animal walkways will be stabilized, 1,000 feet of barn gutters will be installed, 50 fish habitat structures will be installed, and 15,000 square feet of barnyard areas will be stabilized.