To celebrate Earth Day, Rockler Woodworking and Hardware (Medina, Minn.) is funding the planting of 16,600 seedlings in partnership with Hardwood Forestry Fund.
Riverdale School Forest in Muscoda, Wis., will receive 10,000 of the seedlings. The forest is used to demonstrate good woodland management to school children and the public.
The remaining 6,600 seedlings will be planted in the Raystown Lake region of Pennsylvania by the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers. The trees will assist in the regeneration of the forest at the lake, which attracts more than 25,000 visitors per year.
"Our partnership with the Hardwood Forestry Fund helps secure the future of our hardwood forests," said Scott Ekman, vice president of marketing at Rockler, in a release. "We're excited that our efforts will help new generations enjoy the natural beauty as well as the many practical uses that hardwood trees provide throughout their life cycle."
The Hardwood Forestry Fund plants and manages commercially valuable hardwoods, including black cherry, black walnut, red oak, hard maple, hickory, ash and others. All trees planted by the Hardwood Forestry Fund are included in a management plan, harvest and regeneration schedule.
Earth Day is April 22.
