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Carla Hardy WV Project CommuniTree
Applications
available for spring and fall plantings.
Have questions? We have answers! Contact Cacapon Institute's
Urban Watershed Forester Tanner Haid by
email or by calling
us at 304-258-8013 for a consultation today.
Visit this
map to find CTree plantings in your community and
read about completed projects.
You can read all of our
Forestry Reports
on our Publications tab.
The
goal of Cacapon Institute's Carla
Hardy West
Virginia Project CommuniTree (CTree) is to protect
rivers and watersheds by reducing stormwater runoff
pollution, which will help restore local streams, rivers,
and ultimately the Chesapeake Bay. To achieve this
goal, CTree promotes planting urban trees on publicly-used
lands in the Potomac Headwaters of
West Virginia.
Additional goals for
CTree include increasing urban tree canopy, fostering an increased
awareness of local water quality issues, educating volunteers about
the benefits of trees, promoting long-term tree maintenance, and
connecting volunteers with their communities.
Every spring and fall,
Cacapon Institute invites communities across the Potomac Highlands
to apply for free CTree Kits to plant
on public lands such as schools, parks, churches, and other
community spaces.
CTree is designed so any volunteer group, regardless of experience,
can apply.
Successful CTree applicants will receive technical assistance from
Cacapon Institute and our partners.
Applicants are required to:
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Submit applications on time
(July 1st for fall plantings or February 1st
for spring plantings.)
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If awarded, plan & implement
a successful community tree planting. This includes
engaging at least 25-30 volunteers and fostering at least $1,500
in volunteer contribution (example
Volunteer Contribution table from page 13 of application)
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Maintain their trees in
perpetuity (example
Maintenance
Agreement)
Have
questions? We have answers! Contact Cacapon Institute's Urban
Watershed Forester Tanner Haid by
email or by calling
us at 304-258-8013 for a consultation today.
