Shepherd Environmental Organization (SEO)
was awarded 24 flowering trees to plant at Shepherd
University. The tree planting was held on Saturday, April
20th, 2013 from 10am until 1pm (the event was scheduled
until 2pm but we were able to finish early due to all of the
wonderful volunteers who joined us). The morning was chilly
but warmed up nicely around 11:30am. We had 26 volunteers
come out to help plant trees. The volunteers were comprised
of students from many different majors, biology and
environmental professors, as well as some community members
and a Shepherd staff member. CTree Liaison Tanner Haid,
Urban Forestry Coordinator for Cacapon Institute, assisted
the Project Leader throughout the process.
The 24 trees were planted on the west
side of Shepherd University's campus. The location is near
the apartments and a retention pond/wetlands area, which are
off of Campus Drive road. They were planted in a nice long
line which boarders the retention pond. Prior to the
planting, the grounds crew at Shepherd dug the tree holes
with an auger as well as provided the volunteers with
watering hoses and water. Jefferson County Solid Waste
authority donated a load of mulch and donated a front
loading truck.
A note from the Project Leader, SEO
President Emily Gilmore:
“Each volunteer walked away with the
satisfaction that they were a part of helping to rebuild the
environment and habitats on campus.”
