saving earth one tree at a time

Headed to Nelsonville and Wayne National Park on Saturday Oct. 25

      Anyhow this is to plant chestnut trees that are blight resistant supposedly for our area, And to assist foresters in their effort to re-establish these nut trees that used to be a major food source in our area for the wildlife here, These trees are practically extinct from our area so this should be interesting to see if they can be re-established with any success. The reason i'm putting this out here is to see if anyone up to a total of three people who promise not to eat beans the night before to ride along with me and help volunteer for a good cause. I plan on leaving early from my house around 6 am to make the 2 and half hour trip to Nelsonville and hopefully arrive there before nine o clock.
      I have done this before on strip mine lands and found it to be an interesting and rewarding experience but the circumstances and tree planting techniques should be different as these are containerized plantings with soil around them to assure a good start as opposed to to when i planted on a strip mine using tree whips that were bare rooted and had only about a 60 percent survival rate.
     Will probably grab some breakfast at Mc Donalds along the way and then eat a brown bag lunch at the site which you must bring along with your water needs, and then I plan on stopping for supper sometime around 4 on the trip home. I will include a link from the national park as well you can click on their directions tab and enter Canton as starting point to see the path we will be taking. I am open to suggestions as to how we can return to get full advantage of car trip. Anyhow i am hoping even one  person would be interested in riding along and helping save our Earth one tree at a time. You can contact me on facebook or at kdavis3051@yahoo.com or call me at 2345213984, and leave a message and I will try and return your call promptly so we can make plans.

pic of volunteers in strip mine planting

   

     If you would rather drive yourself and are still open to doing some good for the environment , by all means, contact the park and make your own arrangements and i will be glad to see you there.


     Link for the National Park is:Test Planting for th... on Saturday