The timing of the Chesapeake Bay Program webinar Tap Into Community Stewards to Meet Your Tree Planting Goals and the Virginia Department of Forestry tree seedlings availability announcement could not be better.
The unfortunate reality is that the NNK lost 707 treed acres between 2014 and 2018 according to the Chesapeake Bay Program. In Are we trading trees for concrete?, the environmental organization explains the hows and the impact. Net loss of treed acres on NNK contributes to region and Virginia going in the wrong direction on this blog is the NNK summary.
The webinar takes place Tuesday, October 15 from Noon to 1:00 pm. Viewers will “learn about different tree steward program models that can be replicated or tapped into to meet state or local goals.”
Tree seedlings are now available from DOF. Writes the Department of Forestry,
In addition to the wide selection of bare-root seedlings, we also offer specialty seedling packs to meet specific goals like fall colors, riparian buffers, or pollinator and wildlife habitat. Our seedlings are sold directly from the seedbed without replanting, and seedling age is indicated with 1-0, 2-0 and 3-0 (one-, two- and three-year-old).
To best serve our customers the online stores inventory is updated on an hourly basis from early October – late April with the most accurate inventory for seedling species available.
In addition, the Department of Forestry has another program for the public: Riparian Forests for Landowners. Learn more in Free tree planting now available from state to improve and expand riparian forests .The Virginia Department of Forestry’s Riparian Forests for Landowners program (RFFL) is a no-brainer for landowners. The program “provides flexible, no-cost riparian forest buffer installation and one year of maintenance to landowners. The program is being implemented by DOF and partner organizations in a unique watershed-based partnership.”