{"id":20717,"date":"2018-03-27T08:00:09","date_gmt":"2018-03-27T12:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=20717"},"modified":"2018-07-11T09:13:33","modified_gmt":"2018-07-11T13:13:33","slug":"free-tree-seedlings-available-for-washington-county-landowners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2018\/03\/27\/free-tree-seedlings-available-for-washington-county-landowners\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Tree Seedlings Available for Washington County Landowners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Riparian Homeowners Can Help Improve Water Quality<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/03\/Friendsville-Arbor-Day-2017.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-20720\" src=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/03\/Friendsville-Arbor-Day-2017-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Children Planting Tree\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/03\/Friendsville-Arbor-Day-2017-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/03\/Friendsville-Arbor-Day-2017-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/03\/Friendsville-Arbor-Day-2017-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maryland Department of Natural Resources<\/a>\u00a0is offering free tree and shrub seedlings to help improve water quality in Washington County.<\/p>\n<p>County\u00a0landowners who have a creek, drainage ditch, stream or other waterway on or near their property are eligible for free seedlings through the department\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/forests\/Pages\/programs\/Backyard-Buffer-Program.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Backyard Buffers<\/a>\u00a0program.<!--more--><span id=\"more-20678\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Trees and shrubs planted along waterways help improve water quality by absorbing excess nutrients, lowering peak water temperatures,\u00a0reducing sediment and stabilizing stream banks.<\/p>\n<p>Each \u201cbuffer in a bag\u201d contains native bare-root tree and shrub seedlings suitable for planting in moist soil conditions. This year\u2019s bundle will include a mix of American plum, common ninebark, eastern redbud, river birch and loblolly pine. All seedlings are 1-year-old and approximately 8 to 10 inches tall.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/forests\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maryland Forest Service<\/a>\u00a0staff will provide information on tree maintenance and planting techniques, in addition to suggestions on other good native species at the time of pick up.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Requests must be received by March 31. Interested property owners can use the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSdAGbDJnhPKpve71PvfeVizQyKwyfEE64U2gW0kiIggJEjcZQ\/viewform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">online order form<\/a>, or they can contact Forester <a href=\"robertr.schwartz@maryland.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bob Schwartz<\/a> at 301-791-4733 to reserve their seedlings. Bundles will be available for pick up in early April.\u00a0Quantities are limited so reservations will be taken on a first-come, first-served basis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Riparian Homeowners Can Help Improve Water Quality The\u00a0Maryland Department of Natural Resources\u00a0is offering free tree and shrub seedlings to help improve water quality in Washington County. County\u00a0landowners who have a creek, drainage ditch, stream or other waterway on or near their property are eligible for free seedlings through the department\u2019s\u00a0Backyard Buffers\u00a0program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":138,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[957,1965],"tags":[2992,4315,2994,4174,3091,2909],"class_list":["post-20717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-maryland-forest-service","tag-backyard-buffers","tag-bob-schwartz","tag-buffers-in-a-bag","tag-tree-seedlings","tag-trees","tag-washington-county"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/138"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20717"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20717\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20736,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20717\/revisions\/20736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}