The Nature Conservancy West Virginia - Red Spruce Tree Planting
ORGANIZATION: EarthShare
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Please RSVP or direct questions to Deborah Landau at dlandau@tnc.org or Bridget Moynihan at bridget.moynihan@tnc.org.
Help us replant several thousand locally-sourced red spruce seedlings at Cranesville Swamp Preserve.
Red spruce (Picea rubens) once covered thousands of acres in western Maryland. Logging and subsequent wildfires at the turn of the 20th Century drastically reduced its range. It's estimated that in the Central Appalachians as much as 90% of the original red spruce forest is now gone.
You can help us change that statistic-one seedling at a time.
This volunteer opportunity takes place over two days; volunteers are welcome to join for one day or both.
Your efforts will improve habitat quality for rare plants and animals, restore carbon-rich soils, and improve hydrology and local climate, reducing erosion and increasing percolation of water into the underlying bedrock. It's a pretty good payoff for a spring day spent in a beautiful place!
Cranesville Swamp Preserve is located in western Maryland approximately 3-4 hours from Washington/Baltimore.
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Cranesville Swamp PreserveTerra Alta, WV 26764
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January 29, 2019
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