For more information on the Gold Park community tree planting or to sign up, contact Stormwater Resource Officer Terry Hackett http://www.ci.hillsborough.nc.us/contact/stormwater-resource-officer/ by e-mail or by phone at 245-2588.
From staff reports
HILLSBOROUGH -- The Eno River needs you.
Hillsborough officials are offering volunteers an opportunity to help enhance stream buffers along the river by planting tree seedlings at Hillsborough's Gold Park from 1-4 p.m. March 7.
No experience is needed. Volunteers will be shown where and how to plant the tree seedlings.
The project has, at its root, an environmentally necessary goal. Planting the seedlings will enhance the riparian buffers within Gold Park, which opened last April at 415 Dimmocks Mill Road. The enhancement is required to offset the impact that construction of the park has had on the buffers. The resulting forested stream buffers will help:
- Moderate stream temperature.
- Provide wildlife food and habitat.
- Control erosion.
- Reduce flooding.
- Filter pollutants from stormwater runoff.
The tree seedlings selected for planting are native species grown in the state's Piedmont region. Some species of smaller trees or larger shrubs will be planted closest to existing sewer rights-of-way to minimize the chance of tree roots later damaging sewer pipes.
Volunteers should bring gloves and should dress to work outside. Gold Park is located at 415 Dimmocks Mill Road.
