Commonwealth of Pennsylvania with a heavy regional focus on the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. Riparian, suburban, and mine land properties.
Number of Trees
513,000 contributed to date by One Tree Planted
Key Impact Areas
- Biodiversity/Habitats
- Watershed/Riparian Restoration
- Climate Stability
- Soil Stability and Erosion Control
- Social/Community Impact
- Insects/Disease Recovery
- Youth Engagement and Education
- Marginalized/Vulnerable Communities
Project Description
This project addresses agricultural, forestry, and stormwater goals within the PA Chesapeake Bay PA WIP3 and would help make progress toward the PA WIP3 goal of 83,000 acres of buffers within the Susquehanna and Potomac watersheds. While many projects are directed to farmland, it may not exclusively be agricultural lands depending on the priorities and demand within the counties. Priority counties mentioned below, while each unique, have a significant agricultural production presence. Depending what commodity selected, these counties account for more than half of agricultural production in PA. Crop yields and livestock units combine to increase nutrient loading. Seven of the eight counties are in southern Pennsylvania with a high nutrient and sediment delivery load to the Chesapeake Bay. Priority sites include:
- Trees along and upland of streams (particularly along agricultural properties known as “riparian buffers”)
- Includes upland, agroforestry, and silvopasture plantings
- Urban and suburban (including focused street tree plantings within the Chesapeake Bay Watershed)
- Mine land landscapes via the recommendations from the Appalachian Regional Reforestation Initiative Forestry Reclamation Approach. Contact us for more info on this specialized work.
- Chesapeake Bay Watershed
- Our priority focus region is the bottom 8 counties of PA: Franklin, Adams, Lebanon, Lancaster, Centre, Cumberland, Bedford and York counties.
- Partners outside of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed may request trees. If there is high demand in a season, trees in the 5 counties above will be given priority.
Ecological Benefits
Adding 10 million native trees to the Pennsylvania landscape will improve the Bay’s water quality by stabilizing stream and river banks, filtering water flow from agricultural, urban, and abandoned mine land environments. Unprecedented resources* and streamlined access to diverse species of high-quality trees and supplies to encourage healthy forest buffer implementation. Our goal is more than just planting trees. Our proposal insists on services and products that favor thriving forest buffers that result in significant nutrient and sediment reductions for years. We believe the quality offered within this proposal will encourage others to offer similar practices netting accelerated buffer implementation throughout PA.
