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Penn State Extension Highlights Partnership Helping PA Communities Plant 2,500 Large Bare Root Trees; Woodland Health Practices Handbook; Chesapeake Stormwater Training
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The latest Community Trees newsletter from Penn State Extension highlights partnership helping communities plant large bare root trees, Arbor Day celebrations and Woodland Health Practices Handbook and more Tree Planting Partnership Imagine a program that provides communities with large trees to plant at little to no cost, while eliminating the need for heavy machinery. That is exactly what a partnership between TreePennsylvania, Penn State Extension, and the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources has been successfully achieving. The partnership of these organizations has allowed this initiative to grow and spread across the state and assist communities as they are attempting to increase tree canopy cover. Since 1998, communities in northeastern Pennsylvania have worked with Penn State Extension to organize group orders of large bare root trees (1.5 to 2.5 inch caliper landscape trees) municipalities and volunteers have planted along streets and in parks. In 2020, this program expanded with a grant program to deliver over 2000 trees per year to communities across Pennsylvania during twice annual deliveries. This expanded state-wide program is coordinated by Tree Pennsylvania with assistance from Penn State Extension and Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR). Woodland Health Practices Handbook The Woodland Health Practices Handbook: A Practitioner’s Guide for Creating, Enhancing, and Maintaining Natural Areas outlines small-scale natural areas management services that green industry professionals, such as arborists and landscape architects, can adopt to expand the services their business offers. Click Here to order your copy. Chesapeake Stormwater Training The Chesapeake Stormwater Network is offering online training for professionals that introduces the impacts of urban stormwater and how to mitigate those impacts through watershed restoration practices and municipal stormwater programs. The Chesapeake Urban Stormwater Professionals training program is a 14-webinar curriculum that is taught in two parts. Part 1 introduces the basic impacts of stormwater runoff and how they can be reduced or mitigated by stormwater and urban watershed restoration practices. Part 2 focuses on the essential functions of municipal (or MS4) stormwater programs, and how to improve local watershed management. Other Articles -- Urban Forestry Team Celebrates Arbor Day Across PA -- Using Drones To Treat Historic Tree For Spongy Moth -- Green Industry Current Issues For May Click Here to read the entire newsletter. Click Here to sign up for Extension newsletters (bottom of the page) Visit the Penn State Extension website to learn about many more educational opportunities. Related Articles - Watersheds: -- DEP Published An eNotice Saying The 2024 PA Integrated Water Quality Report Has Been Published As Final -- Penn State Research Traced Radioactive Radium In Freshwater Mussels To Oil & Gas Wastewater [PaEN] -- Penn State Extension Watershed Winds Newsletter Highlights Student AgVenture Camp; Watershed Stewards Native Plant Kit; Pond Management; Rain Barrel Guy; Much More! [PaEN] -- Penn State Extension Hosts June 10 Webinar On Watershed-Friendly Native Planting [PaEN] -- Penn State Extension Highlights Partnership Helping PA Communities Plant 2,500 Large Bare Root Trees; Woodland Health Practices Handbook; Chesapeake Stormwater Training [PaEN] -- Center For Watershed Protection Hosts 3-Part Stream Restoration Webinar Series Starting June 4 [PaEN] -- Lancaster Farming: PA Dairies Get $25 Million Boost for Climate-Smart Practices; Penn State Seeking 100 Farms To Receive Assistance -- USDA: Application Period Now Open For Wetland Reserve Enhancement Program Funding [PaEN] -- USDA Accepting Applications For Wetlands Mitigation Bank Projects -- Penn State Extension: Woods & Wildlife News & Notes: May Forest Snapshot; Service Forester Assistance For Forestland Owners; Forest Education For Teachers, Youth Leaders NewsClips: -- LancasterOnline: Conowingo Creek Restoration Serves As Model For Conservation -- Lancaster Clean Water Partners: 2023 Year-In-Review -- Lancaster Farming: PA Dairies Get $25 Million Boost for Climate-Smart Practices; Penn State Seeking 100 Farms To Receive Assistance -- Beaver County Times - Brian Whipkey: Fall Cankerworms Drop From Leaves Onto Homes, Cars, People In Southwest PA -- Horn Farm Center For Agricultural Education Hosts 3-Part, In-Person Workshops On Mycology [Fungi & Mushrooms] In York Starting June 8 -- WHYY: Philadelphia Mussel Hatchery Produces More Juveniles, Thanks To New Discoveries -- Inquirer: Philly’s Nursery-Grown Mussels Are Crucial To Cleaning Rivers, Local Scientists Just Made A Major Breakthrough -- Chesapeake Bay Foundation - B.J. Small: Marvelous Macros - Tiny Aquatic Creatures With An Important Message -- WTAJ/AP: Researchers Find Tiny Organism Has Power To Reduce Persistent Greenhouse Gas Emissions In Farm Fields -- PennLive: Wiconisco Creek Anglers Assn. Organized 30+ Volunteers For Stream Cleanup In Dauphin County -- Warren Times: Audubon Community Nature Center Volunteers Teach In Elementary School Nature Education Program -- The Daily Item: Susquehanna University Offering Watershed Studies Minor -- Inquirer - Frank Kummer, et al: Since 2020, 55 Million Square Feet Of Warehouse Space Have Reshaped Jobs, Traffic, Landscapes -- Delaware RiverKeeper May 31 RiverWatch Video Report -- US DOE, US Treasury, USDA Release Joint Policy Statement And Principles On Voluntary Carbon Credit Markets [Posted: May 27, 2024] |
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6/3/2024 |
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