Woodbine Hosts Drop-Off Site for NJ Forestry Recovery Program

WOODBINE – The Borough of Woodbine celebrated its special “Arbor Day” role as it once again served as the Cape May County drop-off site for free tree seedlings to be distributed under the New Jersey Tree Recovery Campaign.
Bundles of trees were dropped off by Jon Klischies from New Jersey State Forestry Services April 16, labeled as to their intended communities throughout the area.
April 17, Public Works employees from several Cape May County Municipalities (and one in Cumberland) came into Woodbine to pick-up their bundled trees. (Avalon: 1000; Dennis: 1500, Downe from Cumberland: 1500, Middle: 800, Stone Harbor 500—making the Forestry people grateful to have Woodbine as their one-stop drop-off site.)
April 18, the members of the Borough Green Team were on hand as Woodbine residents picked up their trees.
Thanks go to out to Green Team members Diana Marra, JoBeth Sherby, Carol Saduk, Lisa Fisher, and Councilman David Bennett.
Tree species available for pickup this year were Virginia Pine, Sweetgum, Persimmon, Chestnut Oak, and Red Maple
There are still some trees remaining. Please call Borough Hall at 861-2153 and leave your number to make arrangements for pickup.
The goal of the Tree Recovery Campaign is to distribute over 500,000 tree seedlings to New Jersey residents over the course of five years. It is a joint effort between the New Jersey State Forestry Services, New Jersey Soil Conservation Districts, Sustainable Jersey, and the Arbor Day Foundation, Brothers International, BJ’s Wholesale Club, Wyndham Vacation Resorts, and FedEx.
“We were again honored to be asked to serve as the County drop-off and pick-up site for this distribution, and in much better weather than last year. Having these trees for our residents to plant makes it a very special Arbor Day,” quoted Mayor Pikolycky, “I thank all those with the Community Forestry Program for all their hard work on this project and for being such good partners with Woodbine in our tree initiatives.”