TreeVitalize
Montgomery County Conservation District is partnering with local organizations to complete 20 acres of riparian reforestation in 2011 through the TreeVitalize Watershed program.
TreeVitalize, 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 being accepted for the 2012 funding cycle. The deadline to submit an application is December 30, 2011. Please note that 80% of the cost of planting materials must go towards trees. 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
Reimbursement of Projects
Requests for reimbursement must be submitted by December 1, 2011 for projects funded in March 2011. To request reimbursement on your approved TreeVitalize 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 Please record volunteer hours in the comment section of the data form and list TreeVitalize as your funding source.
· 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 TreeVitalize 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
