Learn About Harvesting Live Stakes At Volunteer Collection Events In Centre, Snyder, Union Counties

Individuals and groups wanting to learn about live staking are encouraged to sign up for this unique volunteer opportunity organized by the Chesapeake Conservancy.

Volunteers will collect live stakes to be embedded into the banks of streams for forest restoration projects later this year. Live stakes are living shrubs and tree branches that root when inserted into the soil.

Collection of 13,500 live stakes will take place across Union, Centre, and Snyder counties in central Pennsylvania.

Upcoming collections will be held:

-- Saturday, March 21 -- from 8:00 a.m. to Noon in State College

-- Sunday, March 22 -- from 8:00 a.m. to Noon in Penns Valley

-- Saturday, March 28 -- from 8:00 a.m. to Noon . in Lewisburg or Mifflinburg

-- Sunday, March 29 -- from 8:00 a.m. to Noon in Lewisburg or Mifflinburg

-- Tuesday, April 14 -- from Noon to 4:00 p.m. location TBD

At these events, volunteers will learn: How to identify live staking species; How to cut live stakes; and How to store them before installation.

Sign up as an individual or a group at the links above or by contacting Adrienne Gemberling at 570-372-4762 or send an email to: agemberling@chesapeakeconservancy.org. 

For more information on programs, initiatives, other upcoming events and more, visit the Chesapeake Conservancy website.

(Reprinted from DCNR’s March 4 Resource newsletter.  Click Here to sign up for your own copy.)

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[Posted: March 5, 2020]  PA Environment Digest