Join PVAS in celebrating Earth Day with a volunteer workday planting trees at Cool Spring Preserve!
PVAS Host: Bob Schwartz and KC Walters
This program is FREE and open to the public. All ages are welcome, but children must be accompanied by an adult. Registration is required.
PVMN Volunteer Hours Eligible
There is no better way to give back to Mother Earth than to plant a tree! We invite your family to join the PVAS team for a tree-planting event to celebrate Earth Day this month. Please bring a water bottle, gloves, and a favorite planting tool (if you have one!)
- Walking Distance: Less than 1/2 mile.
- Pace: Moderate exertion. Will include digging holes, hammering in support posts, bending and stooping.
- Exposure: Sun
- Terrain: Hard ground/hiking trail and some off trail in tall grass.
- Restroom: Port-o-Pot
- Parking/Where to Meet: Participants should meet in the main parking lot.
- What to Bring: Please bring a water bottle, work gloves, and your favorite tree planting tool if you have one!
Registration will remain open until the start of the program.
About Bob: Originally from Chicago, Bob earned an undergraduate degree in Forest Ecosystem Science and Political Science from the University of Wisconsin- Madison and is about to complete a Master of Science in Environmental Biology and Climate Change from Hood College in Maryland. Bob serves as Western Watershed Forester for the Maryland Forest Service where he works with private and public landowners to improve forested watershed health through facilitation of cooperative conservation and restoration projects. In his free time Bob is a book nerd, loves to explore far and wide to find cool habitats, and work in his native plant garden. He lives in Brunswick, MD with his wife Ellen and their crazy cats.