In addition to all the activities planned for the approaching end of the school year, several students from Denton Elementary School took time out on Monday, June 8th, to plant trees on Sharp Road in Denton. The project is part of a series of tree-planting projects taking place around Caroline County as part of a grant from Maryland Department of Natural Resources and the Atlantic and Coastal Bays Trust Fund.
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources Stream Restoration Challenge program provided the funding for the Sharp Road tree planting, which was planned by the Caroline County Department of Planning and Codes and the Town of Denton.
Unity Landscaping, of Church Hill, Maryland, supplied the American holly and white pine trees, which will act as air and water pollution filters for the surrounding neighborhood and nearby streams. Eric Buehl, a Watershed Specialist with University of Maryland Sea Grant Extension, instructed the students on the importance of trees at the small neighborhood scale and at the much larger Chesapeake Bay watershed scale. The countywide tree-planting projects will help remove nitrogen and phosphorus in stormwater runoff to the Choptank River and provide habitat for native birds and animals.
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