PA Environment Digest Blog: Western PA Conservancy: Landowners, Apply Now For Statewide Riparian Tree Plantings

Tuesday, March 4, 2025

Western PA Conservancy: Landowners, Apply Now For Statewide Riparian Tree Plantings

The Western PA Conservancy is accepting applications year-round through June 2027 for its Riparian Restoration Tree Planting Initiative, which provides native trees to landowners planted at no cost as part of Pennsylvania’s statewide water quality improvement goals.

The Conservancy plans to plant 75 acres of unforested riparian areas with approximately 15,000 trees through 2027. Some native tree species available include oaks, maples, hickory, sycamore, dogwoods and willows.

Landowners with open (or mostly open) land along waterways in more than 30 counties may apply.

Those counties include, but are not limited to: Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Bedford, Blair, Butler, Cambria, Cameron, Clarion, Clearfield, Crawford, Elk, Erie, Fayette, Forest, Fulton, Greene, Huntingdon, Indiana, Jefferson, Lawrence, McKean, Mercer, Potter, Somerset, Tioga, Venango, Warren, Washington and Westmoreland.

Landowners statewide may apply because other funding sources are available for those in locations outside the named 30 counties.

Site visits will begin by June 2025. Planting by WPC watershed staff (or contractors selected by WPC) will begin in the fall of 2025 and continue during the 2026 and 2027 spring and fall planting seasons.

Project implementation will be on a first-come, first-planted basis.

Click Here to apply and for all the details. Questions should be directed to Alysha Trexler at atrexler@paconserve.org.

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