{"id":21357,"date":"2018-04-23T14:44:42","date_gmt":"2018-04-23T18:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=21357"},"modified":"2018-04-24T09:51:33","modified_gmt":"2018-04-24T13:51:33","slug":"queen-annes-county-forestry-board-sponsoring-arbor-day-giveaway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2018\/04\/23\/queen-annes-county-forestry-board-sponsoring-arbor-day-giveaway\/","title":{"rendered":"Queen Anne&#8217;s County Forestry Board Sponsoring Arbor Day Giveaway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Partners to Provide Free Seedlings<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/1\/486\/19124384474_d5332a1119_b_d.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of tree\" width=\"350\" height=\"458\" \/>The Queen Anne&#8217;s County Forestry Board and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/forests\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maryland Forest Service<\/a> are having their annual tree seedling giveaway program\u00a0April 24-27.<\/p>\n<p>Free tree seedlings are available to county residents as an educational effort promoting tree-planting, just in time for <a href=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2018\/04\/01\/secretarys-message-april-2018\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Arbor Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Four different tree species will be available this year: persimmon, red chokeberry, river birch and beauty berry.They are 1- or 2-years old and average 8 to 10 inches tall. Trees are bagged and tagged by local high school students.<\/p>\n<p>The following are the tree distribution locations and the times for seedling pickup:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Barclay Town Office: Tuesday-Friday, 10 a.m.-noon<\/li>\n<li>Centreville Town Office: Tuesday-Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>13501 Main St. Queen Anne: Tuesday-Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>Church Hill Town Office: Tuesday-Friday 10 a.m.-4 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>Department of Natural Resources Office, District Court Centreville: Tuesday-Friday, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>Kent Island Library: Tuesday-Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>Queenstown Town Office: Tuesday-Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>Queen Anne&#8217;s\u00a0Soil &amp; Water Conservation District Office: Tuesday-Friday, 9 a.m.-2 p. m.<\/li>\n<li>Sudlersville Town Office: Tuesday-Friday, 1 p.m.-3 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2018\/04\/04\/maryland-arbor-day-shines-light-on-trees\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maryland&#8217;s Arbor Day<\/a> is always the first Wednesday in April and National Arbor Day is celebrated the last Friday in April making the entire month a tree-mendous celebration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Partners to Provide Free Seedlings The Queen Anne&#8217;s County Forestry Board and\u00a0Maryland Forest Service are having their annual tree seedling giveaway program\u00a0April 24-27. 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