Tree Planting along Mill Creek - Riparian Buffer and Reforestation - 2025
Schedule
Sat, 25 Feb, 2023 at 09:00 am to Sat, 19 Jul, 2025 at 12:00 pm
UTC-05:00Location
Black Ditch Creek / Mill Creek (Levittown, PA) | Levittown, PA
About this Event
Along Black Ditch, a tributary of Mill Creek in Levittown, Bristol Township PA we are installing a riparian buffer to help lessen storm water. We will be removing invasive shrubs then planting native trees and native berrying shrubs to spread the good native plants by feeding birds.
More about this project
Dates of volunteer events:
Tree source: Keystone 10 Million Trees
3 acres ,
- 200 trees, 50 shrubs (were planted in the spring 2023)
- 75 trees, 25 shrubs (were planted in falll 2023)
With the help of Penn State Master Watershed Stewards, we treated an acre of knotweed with herbicide to enable native reforestation in the coming years.
- 25 trees and shrubs (were planted with some caging through a grant from Giant Grocies and Keep PA Beautiful Fall 2024 in the herbicided area were Knotweed was removed)
(2025 Tending)
- 3-15-25 Saturday (9 am - 12 )
- 7-19-25 Saturday (9 am - 12 )
Google Map location of the tree planting:
https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1MarK4pkIm5Rs8f6MuZbpXhI8a4R1ZJg&ll=40.12606035213172%2C-74.86625270000002&z=19
Where is it happening?
Black Ditch Creek / Mill Creek (Levittown, PA), Bristol Oxford Valley Rd and Mill Creek, Levittown, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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