WV Project CommuniTree
“Building Communities from the Roots Up”
CTree Projects - Spring 2012
Route 9 Bike Path
4/29/12
The Eastern Panhandle Trailblazers were the recipient of a WV Project
CommuniTree kit to plant 9 shade trees that included oaks, maples,
poplars, sycamores, and gums.
Bill Yearout, Director and President of the Trailblazers, completed the
application and organized the planting. The volunteers that
contributed to this project learned how to properly plant trees and
the benefits of increasing urban tree canopy. This tree planting was
a continuation of a project that began in the Fall 2011 called
“Plant 9-on-9”. The Trailblazers, WV-DOF, and the Eastern Panhandle
Conservation District have an initiative to increase the urban tree
canopy along the Route 9 Bike Path by planting trees in increments
of 9 at a time. Mr. Yearout and his group were assisted by
CommuniTree Representative Herb Peddicord from WV Division of
Forestry.
The 9 shade trees planted this Spring 2012 are currently providing the
Route 9 Bike Path with shade. As they grow they will increasingly
reduce stormwater runoff, add aesthetic value to the popular hiking
and biking trail, and grow the county’s urban tree canopy.