The Paunacussing Preserve needs to plant more trees, and is once again looking for volunteers. Please mark your calendars, and join us on Saturday, October 5, 2019 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. RSVP for pizza party afterward!
This CITO will be held at the Paunacussing Preserve, a parcel in Buckingham, PA that is part of the Natural Lands Trust. Many in the local geocaching community will be familiar with the Paunacussing, since there have been several tree planting CITOs held here before. This time around they are looking to install several hundred native trees.
The Preserve manager is asking us to bring any shovels we may have, and work gloves and boots are recommended. Parking is available but limited. Carpooling is a good idea, and the coordinates for this event are just a short walk from parking at nearby Hansell Park: 5010 Hansell Road, Buckingham, PA.
Water will be provided, and concluding the event, Natural Lands Trust will provide pizza and drinks to all participants. Please log your will-attends!
Additional registration requested: Natural Lands Trust is asking participants to please go to this link and register for the event, in order for them to calculate the amount of supplies, including post event pizza and drinks. Please go sign up!!
About Paunacussing Preserve: Once part of a larger 400-acre farm, the 102 acres that make up Paunacussing Preserve have been an important thread in the agricultural fabric of the area for several hundred years. Before European settlers farmed the land, the site was home to Native Americans. Many arrowheads and artifacts have turned up on the property, most notably the "Lenape Stone," which is now housed at the Mercer Museum in Doylestown. At extensive pond-to-wetland conversion initially took place at the preserve, and over 1,700 trees and shrubs were planted as the culmination of this five-year restoration project. These efforts continue, with the volunteer efforts of people like you!