Let’s roll up our sleeves on Earth Day.
Volunteers are needed to help conduct maintenance activities to support native trees and shrubs along Dog Run to enhance water quality and wildlife habitat.
Tree plantings
Pond Management: A Starter Kit for Healthy Pond Management
Got a pond? Or want one? Here’s a starter kit for how to manage a healthy aquatic ecosystem on your property.
Native Plants for Riparian Buffers – and Your Backyard
If you are looking to maximize the shelter provided to terrestrial wildlife, consider these species:
Invasive Species: Identification and Management
Whether you own a large lot with hundreds of acres or just a small suburban yard, there are steps you can take to reduce the presence of invasives on your property.
Riparian Buffer Planting Assistance Programs
PEC, in cooperation with our excellent partners, offers free planting services, including technical assistance, project design, materials and labor to qualifying landowners in the region, through three location-based programs.
Riparian Buffers: Benefits for Water, Wildlife & People
Riparian buffers are vegetated or forested transitional zones between land and water resources, such as streams, rivers, lakes, ponds or wetlands.
Press Release: Volunteers wanted to help plant trees in Flint Hill, Lovettsville, and “Little” Washington
The Piedmont Environmental Council is calling on community volunteers who love to get their hands dirty to join in any of three upcoming volunteer tree planting projects in October and November.
Tree Planting at Rappahannock County Park
Together, we will plant approximately 150 native trees and shrubs to enhance the riparian buffer along the Rush River, a tributary of the Rappahannock River watershed.
Tree Planting at The EcoVillage of Loudoun County
Together, we will plant approximately 220 native trees and shrubs to enhance the “common land” stewarded by this rural community just a few miles from the Potomac River.
Tree Planting at Courts of St. Francis
Together, we will plant approximately 75 native trees and shrubs in support of this residential community’s commitment to protect the Purcellville waterways that flow into the Potomac Watershed and ultimately to the Chesapeake Bay.