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.treevitalize.net

www.pennsylvaniahorticulturalsociety.org