WV Project CommuniTree
“Building Communities from the Roots Up”
CTree Projects - Spring 2012
Potomac
Center
4/23/12
The newly formed South Branch Watershed
Partnership (SBWP), in collaboration with Romney Elementary School
and Potomac Center Inc., was the recipient of a WV Project
CommuniTree kit to plant 150 trees at the Potomac Center in
Hampshire County, West Virginia. The “Stock Diversity” kit they
chose included a diverse mix of 21 tree species in a variety of
stock sizes.
Linda Cacapardo, Romney Elementary School
Teacher and member of the SBWP, completed the application and
organized the project. A dedicated group of 10 planted roughly 50
trees and saved 100 bare-root stock to be planted by Mrs. Cacapardo
elementary school students the following week. The project was well
received by all parties involved and we look forward to working with
all of the groups again in the future. Mrs. Cacapardo, her students,
and the SBWP were assisted by CommuniTree Representative Melissa
Merritt from the Potomac Valley Conservation District and Alana
Hartman (WVDEP, at left).
The 150 trees planted at this event serve as a sound and visibility
buffer from neighboring roads. As they grow they will increasingly
reduce stormwater runoff and grow the Potomac Center’s and Romney's
urban tree canopy.