Riparian Restoration Tree Planting Initiative
The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy is accepting applications year-round through June 2027 for its Riparian Restoration Tree Planting Initiative, which provides native trees to landowners planted at no cost as part of Pennsylvania’s statewide water quality improvement goals.
Funding is provided by the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Community Conservation Partnership Program to plant riparian, or streamside, buffers along waterways such as streams, springs, small runs, or headwater tributaries, throughout Pennsylvania.
Funding is provided by the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Community Conservation Partnership Program to plant riparian, or streamside, buffers along waterways such as streams, springs, small runs, or headwater tributaries, throughout Pennsylvania.
Eligible sites must include:
- A Stream, including intermittent tributaries, springs and runs, that has little to no woody vegetation within 35 feet of the streambank.
- At least 250 feet of linear bank and a 50-foot setback from the stream edge.
- A public or private landowner, including farmers, willing to allow native trees to be planted within a mapped project area and consent to a multiyear landowner agreement.
Typical projects will not extend beyond 150 feet from the stream edge. Project implementation will be on a first-come, first-served basis. Project sites may be subject to periodic inspection to monitor plants and materials.
If you are interested in the Riparian Restoration Tree Planting Initiative, contact SCCD Watershed Specialist Jillian Pagnotti to schedule a site visit: [email protected], 570-782-2105 or click below to apply.
If you are interested in the Riparian Restoration Tree Planting Initiative, contact SCCD Watershed Specialist Jillian Pagnotti to schedule a site visit: [email protected], 570-782-2105 or click below to apply.
