Spring has arrived on the Eastern Shore! Spring peepers are peeping, daffodils are blooming, and we’re all jumping at the chance to spend time outdoors in the warmer weather. What better way to celebrate the season than by getting outside to make a difference for clean water!
Join the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) on a Dorchester County farm at 9:00 a.m. April 2 to learn about the importance of forested streamside buffers (a.k.a. “riparian buffers”), soak in the sunshine, and help plant over 1,200 native trees. This farm stewardship project will complete the restoration of an 11 acre buffer that filters harmful polluted runoff before it reaches the Chicamacomico River.
CBF is partnering with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to help provide wildlife habitat, filter runoff, and enhance forests and salt marshes on a farm that is permanently protected from development. The property connects the river to the Fishing Bay Wildlife Management Area, and is critical habitat for the Delmarva fox squirrel and coastal-dependent birds, including saltmarsh sparrows and American black ducks.
No tree planting experience is necessary and all materials and supplies are provided. Families and children welcome, although children must be accompanied by an adult. Free and open to the public!
Please register at cbf.org/events/watershed-tree-plantings. If you have questions, contact Hilary Gibson, CBF’s Eastern Shore Grassroots Field Specialist, by email at [email protected] or by phone at 410/543-1999.
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