Tree Vitalize
Montgomery County Conservation District is partnering with local organizations to complete 30 acres of riparian reforestation in 2008 through the Tree Vitalize Watershed program. The goal of the program is plant a total of 525 acres of forested riparian buffer in Southeastern Pennsylvania by December 2008.
Tree Vitalize, a partnership to restore tree cover in the five-county region in Southeastern Pennsylvania, will be offering Tree Tender classes to educate participants about planting and caring for trees. The classes will offer nine hours of classroom and field training covering: tree biology; urban stresses; tree identification; pruning; root care; fundraising; media outreach; volunteer management and working with local governments.
Rebates are available for homeowners looking to plant native trees. For more information, please visit the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society - Tree Vitalize your home website.
Grant applications are currently being accepted for the 2008 funding cycle. Deadline to submit grant application is June 20, 2008. If you have a riparian restoration or stormwater management area planting project you would like to have considered for funding, please call 610-489-4506, x -19
2008 Tree Vitalize Watershed projects in Montgomery County include;
| Location |
Area |
Contact | Volunteer Workdays |
| Harriett Wetherill Park | 12,000 sq. ft | Plymouth Township | TBD |
| Courtyards at Collegeville | 9,617 sq. ft | Homeowners Association | TBD |
| Jarrettown Elementary School | 13,600 sq. ft | Upper Dublin Township | TBD |
| MMR Basin Retro-fit | 4,000 sq. ft | Mont. Co. Conservation Dist. | TBD |
| Upper Perkiomen High School | 5,000 sq. ft | Upper Perkiomen H.S. | TBD |
| Wissahickon Watershed Wetland | 28,800 sq. ft. | Wissahickon Valley Watershed Association | TBD |
| Blair Mill School | 18,420 sq. ft | SE Mont. Co Trout Unlimited | TBD |
| Pleasant Run Park | 43,580 sq. ft | New Hanover Township | TBD |
| Schuylkill River Trail Buffer | 25,000 sq. ft | Mont. Co Parks | TBD |
| Lorimer Park | 40,000 sq. ft | Lorimer Park | TBD |
| NLT/Thompson | 125,000 sq. ft | SE Mont. Co Trout Unlimited | May 3&4 |
| Pennypacker Mills | 16,500 sq. ft | Pennypacker Mills | TBD |
| Rambo Park | 96,000 sq. ft | Trappe Borough | TBD |
| Springertown & Second Ave | 55,000 sq. ft | Upper Providence Township | TBD |
| Rosyln Park | 16,000 sq. ft | Abington Township | TBD |
| Sunnyside Ave Basin | 18,900 sq. ft | Lower Providence Township | TBD |
| Regency Ave Basin | 10,000 sq. ft | Lower Providence Township | TBD |
| Fairview Lane Basin | 15,000 sq. ft | Lower Providence Township | TBD |
| Casselberry Drive Basin | 14,250 sq. ft | Lower Providence Township | TBD |
| East Mt. Kirk Ave Basin | 9,250 sq. ft | Lower Providence Township | TBD |
| Wissahickon Park | 304,920 sq. ft | Lansdale Borough | TBD |
| Mayfield Estates Basin | 31,200 sq. ft | Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy | TBD |
| Bird Sanctuary | 15,000 sq. ft | Cheltenham Township | TBD |
| Dublin Hunt Open Space | 10,000 sq. ft | Upper Dublin Township | TBD |
Reimbursement of Projects
Requests for reimbursement must be submitted by December 5, 2008. To request reimbursement on your approved Tree Vitalize project, please submit the following:
· Coversheet identifying total reimbursement requested, and in-kind match.
· Copy of all invoices, and revised bid sheet identifying actual expenses for each category.
· Stream Releaf data form, submitted electronically and hard copy. Data form can be found at http://www.ahs.dep.state.pa.us/streamreleaf/. Please record volunteer hours in the comment section of the data form.
· Documentation of in-kind contribution.
Sources for Native Plants
Please visit the Pennsylvania Native Plant Society's website for a listing of local suppliers.
If you would like to volunteer for any of the projects listed above, or have a site which meets the selection criteria for funding through the Tree Vitalize program (Riparian corridor or stormwater management area which is either public, or private protected land), please contact:
Susan Harris by email at sharris@montgomeryconservation.org,
or by phone at 610-489-4506, x-19
Additional Program Information:
www.pennsylvaniahorticulturalsociety.org
