Free Tree Distribution on Saturday

Reposted from ARLnow.com

by Katie Pyzyk  | October 10, 2012 at 9:45 am | 35 Comments

The leaves may already be falling, but there’s an opportunity for you to green up your neighborhood this weekend. The county is giving away free trees to Arlington residents.

All of the trees, referred to as whips, are native to Virginia. They’re distributed in one, two or three gallon containers and typically range in height from two to four feet.

Representatives from the Arlington County Landscape staff and from TreeStewards will be on hand to offer planting guidelines and tree care tips. They can also explain characteristics of each tree species.

Distribution will take place from 8:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. on Saturday (October 13) at the Arlington County nursery facility. It is located behind the baseball field at S. George Mason Drive and Four Mile Run. Parking is available in the lot in front of the field.

Each residential property is allotted one free tree; multi-family properties should email info@treestewards.org to obtain extra trees. Those interested in picking up a tree on Saturday should register online for a particular species. The spice bushes are sold out, but the remaining species are as follows:

• American beech
• American holly
• Red oak
• American basswood
• Hophornbeam
• Hornbeam
• Sassafras
• Persimmon

For questions, email Environmental Landscape Supervisor Patrick Wegeng at pwegeng@arlingtonva.us.

Collaboration in Benthic Monitoring

Hello all,  I'm working in Hampton Roads again this week and am delayed in getting back to you.  Aaron extended this idea/invitation yesterday after our Saturday outing.   Contact Aaron directly at "Aaron McCann" <aamccann@vt.edu> -  Jim

As you know, Morlai and I have decided to work together on Protocol #5.  I would not mind leading a group to perform a macroinvertebrate count at different sites.  I have done this with the National Park Service along the George Washington Memorial Parkway and at Prince William Forest Park.  This would be a good experience for me to share and enhance my knowledge of macroinvertebrate sampling.    

We could take advantage of this upcoming weekend, October 13-14 since there is no field trip and before the weather gets too cold.  The weekend of October 27-28 could be an alternative.  Morlai wants to do a site along Bull Run and I will be doing Lubber Run (south of  Ballston Pond).  Also, I would like to take you up on your offer to borrow some gear for this project.

Please forward this email to the rest of the class so I can coordinate with anyone else interested in Protocol #5.  A group of 3-4 would be best and we could potentially finish with the data collection in one day.  Those interested can contact me directly so we can choose a day to do this.  Thanks.

Saturday - 9am Lubber Run Community Center

It looks like we will be lucky with weather once again.  I'll see you at 9am in the parking lot of the Lubber Run Community Center.



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Vincent's Photos of Native Virginia Trees

Be sure to notice the MORE button at the bottom.

http://beautifulvirginiatrees.tumblr.com

Here's a sample photo featuring the Baldcypress seeds I brought to class on Monday.

Vincent will be leading the Growing Native Seed Collection on Saturday.  This is another good outing to bring significant others.

EPA's MyWatersMapper

I wasn't familiar with the new MyWaters Mapper until Lauren T shared it.

http://www.epa.gov/waters/enviromapper/

Custom Map Tutorial for Google Maps

Here is a video that explains some custom map features.  See more here.

Reminder - Bring Calendars tonight

I'm overdue in sharing a draft for the meeting schedule for the remainder of the semester.  I realize your availability may no longer be as open, particularly on Saturdays.  So we may be able to collaboratively schedule additional Saturday meetings for October and November tonight.  Also, because of water levels, I like to have backup plans and/or optional outings.