Pre-Trip Service with CBF!

Today was the last day of the fall restoration season for the Chesapeake Bay Foundation.  They will take a break during the winter months while they make plans for all the great work they'll be doing (and we'll be helping with) in the Spring.  But before they do, there was one last thing to take care of: Planting 1,000 native trees at Lovell Farm in Carrol County, Maryland.  With the help of CBF staff and additional volunteers from across the watershed, the planting only took around an hour!  It was a great day and I'm glad we got a little bit of exposure to one of the restoration activities we'll be participating in on our AB experience.  Planting native trees and shrubs along the banks of waterways and on converted agricultural land (like this farm) is one of the most effective ways to keep pollution and runoff from entering the streams, creeks, and rivers that eventually drain into the Chesapeake Bay.  And we're all about the Bay, am I right?

Thanks to everyone who came out to volunteer today.  And don't worry if you couldn't make it. There will be plenty of trees to plant in the Spring!