Opequon Creek Project Team
Tree Planting in the Watershed
Tree Buffers help shade creeks and streams, filter pollutants coming off the land, improve wildlife habitat, and stabilize the banks. The Project Team has been responsible for planting almost 2,000 trees and shrubs in the Opequon watershed.May 20, 2010, Mill Creek. A 1,000 ft. buffer along the Opequon at Mill Creek on the Pichot property. See the attached for more information. Photo Gallery
March 27, 2010, Mill Creek. It was a brisk spring morning that greeted almost 50 volunteers to Mountain View Farm in Gerrardstown, WV. The Project Team partnered with a number of organizations (see the flyer) to plant almost 1,000 trees and shrubs. Everyone worked very hard and the project was completed by late afternoon. Photo Gallery
December 1, 2009, Mill Creek. On December 1, volunteers planted Phase I of a buffer along the newly restored banks of Creek.
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October 27, 2009, Prospect Hall. On October 27, Team members planted 156 trees along the banks of the Opequon at the Prospect Hall Gun Club in Middleway, WV. Photo Gallery On April 21, 2010 volunteers and staff planted 565 trees and shrubs along the creek at Prospect Hall. The entire planting is protected from deer with an innovative electric fence designed by Cacapon Institute. See the entire project here.
October 25, 2008, Mill Creek Buffer. On October 24 and 25, team members arrived at Moutain View Farm in Gerrardstown and planted 212 trees and shrubs in addition to an ~400 sq. ft. area planted with a riparian buffer seed mix containing native shrubs, grasses and flowers. The buffer materials were purchased with funds received from the Freeman Foundation FACES grant. The weather turned from cold one day to cold and wet the next, but the volunteers persevered and finished the work. Photo Gallery
May 19, 2008, Mill Creek Buffer. On May 19, 2008, the Project Team planted 147 trees and shrubs on Mill Creek. The following week saw torrential rainfall (3.5 inches in one evening), and except for a few newly planted shrubs being uprooted, the buffer weathered the storm. Photo Gallery
April-May 2007, Opequon Creek Buffer. On April 20 and May 5, 2007, the Project Team planted 110 trees and shrubs along Opequon Creek. Photo Gallery
Spring 2006, Tuscarora Creek Buffer. On April 29, 2006, the Team planted 200 trees, protected by tubes, and 300 woody shrubs along a tributary of Opequon, the Tuscarora Creek. Photo Gallery
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