Please join us this Saturday for 10K Tree Day

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On February 16, Tennessee Environmental Council along with several member groups, partners and volunteers will plant 10,000 trees in one day at sites in Nashville, Murfreesboro, Spring Hill, Lebanon, and Ashland City.   A second date will be scheduled on March 9 to plant 10,000 more trees.     

 

Trees offer a myriad of benefits for people, animals land, water, and air.  Among the surprising and important facts:

• Communities with more trees have less crime and graffiti.
• Communities with more trees have less asthma and lung disease.
• Homes with a mature tree in the yard may be worth up to 10% more than a similar home without a mature tree.
• One tree can provide $130,750 in total benefits over 50 years including oxygen, air pollution control and reducing flooding.

Planting sites for Feb 16 include:   Mill Creek near Oliver Middle School in Nashville,   Garrison Creek at the Kroger parking lot corner of Lascassas Pike / East.Rutherford Blvd,   the Campbell’s Station and Wyngate subdivisions in Spring Hill, The Compost Company in Ashland City, and Byars Dowdy School in Lebanon.  Volunteers will receive free tshirts and refreshments during the day.  Please register at www.tectn.org/10Ktreeday where you will find directions to the planting sites and other important information about the event.  Registration is free.       

 

This event was made possible by a generous grant from Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee.   The event is part of Tennessee Environmental Council’s Tennessee Tree Project with a goal of planting or caring for 1 million native trees in Tennessee.  The event is also part of the Council’s Watershed Support Center including the Fish Habitat Restoration Initiative and the Urban Small Streams program. Shirts for this event were printed by Grand Palace Silkscreen and refreshments will be provided by Whole Foods.

 

Event partners include CareAll, Mars Petcare, Tennessee Concrete Association, Bridgestone Firestone, City of Gallatin, City of Lebanon, City of Murfreesboro, City of Spring Hill, Nashville Clean Water Project, Chickamauga Creek Conservancy, Fish Habitat Restoration Initiative, Whites Creek Watershed Alliance, Middle Tennessee State University, Inside Track,  Kappa Lambda Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, LP Environmental, LLC, Memphis City Beautiful, Schneider Electric,  Tennessee Scenic Rivers Association, Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, Tennessee Agricultural Enhancement Program, Tennessee Department of Forestry Urban Riparian Buffer Program, Natural Awakenings, The Compost Company, and Volunteer State Community College. 

 

Tennessee Environmental Council www.tectn.org is a 501c3 non-profit organization that educates and advocates for the conservation and improvement of Tennessee’s environment, communities and public health.