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• UPPER PERKIOMEN STUDENTS BECOME "WATERSHED WARRIORS" |
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Thursday, October 18, 2007 |
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Upper Perkiomen students brave the elements to become "Watershed Warriors".
Student groups from the Upper Perkiomen High School and the Perkiomen School of Pennsburg spent October 10th and 11th planting trees with the Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy (PWC). The PWC’s mission is to protect the Perkiomen Creek’s water quality. Planting trees in streamside buffers is one of the most significant ways communities and property owners can improve water quality. The Upper Perkiomen area students planted 200 trees in two days at the Church Road and Wild Run Road project sites in Green Lane.
Both groups of students were committed to getting 100 trees in the ground on their volunteer day. The UPHS Environmental Science classes got lucky. The previous day’s rain softened the dry soil enough to make tree planting easier. They also had beautiful sunny weather for their volunteer day and successfully completed their goal for the day.
The students from the Perkiomen School were not so lucky. October 11th was the day Mother Nature decided to replenish the region’s water shortage with showers and downpours throughout the day. But the Perkiomen School students persisted and planted all 100 trees despite being cold and soaked to the skin. This was the first PWC volunteer day for the Perkiomen School and they definitely earned the distinction of “Watershed Warriors”.
Since 2005, the PWC has planted over 2,000 trees around the Green Lane Reservoir. Trees are nature’s number one approach to protecting water quality. Trees slow stormwater and help clean it before it reaches a stream. Trees keep the soil loose so that stormwater can infiltrate into the ground and replenish the groundwater system we all depend on. Trees also help prevent streambank erosion and sedimentation of critical aquatic habitats and provide habitat for local wildlife.
The Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy’s extensive tree planting effort has been funded in part by the Environmental Protection Agency, AquaPA, Tree Vitalize and local supporters of the PWC.
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