Potomac Conservancy Needs Your
Help to Get Nuts for Clean Water!

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Potomac Conservancy is looking for volunteers to help collect native tree seeds this fall. It’s all part of Growing Native, an annual program to help restore the Potomac River and its tributary streams. Everyone can help by gathering acorns, walnuts, and other tree seeds—whether at organized events at local parks or informally in their own backyards.

Since 2001, volunteers have made great strides collecting over 94,000 pounds of seeds. These seeds are delivered to state-run nurseries where they are grown into tree seedlings and eventually planted along streamside land. These seedlings will grow into trees, which will help restore forests that filter pollution and run-off before it enters our streams, and act as carbon sinks that help to reduce levels of CO2 in the atmosphere.  The demand for native trees is growing all the time and we need volunteers this fall to continue the progress.

Growing Native was started in 2001 as a project of the Potomac Watershed Partnership and is managed by Potomac Conservancy. For more information on Growing Native, seed collection events, or how to become involved in your community, visit our website:  http://www.growingnative.org.

Drop-off sites in and around Frederick County:

Community Commons
49 South Carroll Street
Frederick MD 21701
Contact: Jamie Thurman
Phone: 301.662.3000
*Business hours only. Call with questions.

Gambrill State Park
c/o Cunningham Falls State Park
14039 Catoctin Hollow Road
Thurmont, Md 21702
Phone: 301.271.7574
Web Site
(Growing Native kiosk is across from the Park Office)

Windsor Knolls Middle School
11150 Windsor Road
Ijamsville, MD 21754
Drop-off Coordinator: Lori Saylor, Teacher
Phone: 240.236.5000
Web Site

Hashawha/Bear Branch Nature Center
300 John Owings Road
Westminster, MD 21158
Drop-off Coordinator: Melissa Boyle, Park Manager
Phone: 410.848.9040

Strawberry Hill Nature Center
1537 Mount Hope Road
Fairfield, PA 17320-9420
Drop-off Site Coordinator: Yvonne Werzinsky, Preserve Manager
717.642.5840
www.strawberryhill.org

Click here for a flyer with all Growing Native events.

Click here for information on the desired species