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Group aims to plant 5,000 trees
Community sale offers diversity
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Level Grove Elementary kicked off the 2014 Tree Campaign by planting 50 trees more than 6 feet tall in front of their school Dec. 2. Habersham County School System maintenance staff planted the trees and spread leaf mulch donated by the City of Cornelia.
As part of its campaign to plant 5,000 trees throughout the region this year, the Soque River Watershed Association will have its second annual community tree sale to make it as easy as possible for individuals, businesses and other organizations to plant trees. In early 2013, the SRWA and a team of community partners planted more than 2,500 trees including 1,500 trees at Fairview Elementary to stabilize barren soils, 350 trees at a streamside farm to reduce streambank erosion and sold 660 trees to the general public. More than 20 volunteers helped with the plantings.