2024 Volunteer Tree Planting Schedule

(Last Updated February 23, 2024) 

Project/Event 

Name:

Date(s): Location: Point(s) of 

Contact

Notes: Open to 

Public:

1. Robinson Forest March 4, 

2024

Robinson 

Forest

Chris Barton, 

Michael 

French

Jeff Stringer 

indicated that 

he could use 

them by Mar. 

4

No

2. Beam Suntory March 19, 

2024

Kentucky River 

Properties 

2024, Knott Co., 

KY

Michael 

French, Kyle 

Day, Breezey 

Snyder, Chris 

Osborne

100 

Volunteers 

from Beam 

Suntory 

No

3. University of 

Kentucky – Lewis 

Honors College, 

Berea College, 

Sierra Club

March 23, 

2024

Kentucky River 

Properties 

2024, Knott Co., 

KY

Michael 

French, 

Kenton Sena, 

Sarah Hall, 

Breezey 

Snyder, Chris 

Osborne

Yes?

4. PSU Planting April 6, 

2024

Sandy Ridge, PA Eric Pliver PSU Yes

5. Kentucky River 

Properties/

Blackhawk 

Mining

April 12, 

2024

Kentucky River 

Properties, 

Rowdy Low Gap

Chris 

Osborne, 

Michael 

French

Students 

from Hazard 

K-12 schools

No

6. Maryland 

Abandoned Mine 

Land Division

April 12, 

2024

Lonaconing, 

MD

Shayla Lewis, 

Scott Eggerud

Local K-12 

students

No

7. New River Gorge 

National Park

???????? New River 

Gorge National 

Park

Doug 

Manning, 

Breezey 

Snyder

???????? ?

8. Shippensburg 

Planting

April 12, 

2024

Shippensburg 

Quarry

Eric Oliver, 

Anna 

Branduzzi

SBRC Yes

9. St Francis Univ April 12, 

2024

Altoona, PA Eric Oliver Area HS 

students

No

10. St Francis Univ April 13, 

2024

Altoona, PA Eric Oliver SFU students No

11. Virginia Dept of 

Energy Arbor Day

April 25, 

2024

Grundy, VA Tarah, 

Kesterson, 

Lawrence 

Tankersley
12. Flight 93 National 

Memorial

April 26, 

2024

Shanksville, PA Brenda 

Wasler,

Colleen Curry,

Scott Eggerud

Must register 

with Friends 

of Flight 93

Yes, If 

registered

13. MCWA planting April 27, 

2024

Sandy Ridge, PA Eric Oliver MCWA Yes

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21.

Point of Contact Information:

Barton, Chris: 859-619-1532, barton@uky.edu

Baxley, Danna: danna.baxley@tnc.org

Becher, Mike: 304-382-4798, mbecher@appheadwaters.org

Bell, Geoff: 919-539-3856, gwbell@email.unc.edu

Bodenhamer, Aysha: 919-200-3807, abodenham3@radford.edu

Branduzzi, Anna: 412-996-0517, branduzzi@greenforestswork.org

Cooper, Dave: 859-447-6534, davecooper928@yahoo.com

Curry, Colleen: 814-232-7675 Colleen_Curry@nps.gov

Cutler, Brock: bcutler2@radford.edu

Day, Kyle: 502-492-9413, Kyle.Day@BeamSuntory.com

Drouet, Cliff: 303-549-7249, cdrouet@osmre.gov

Eggerud, Scott: 304-633-5263, seggerud@osmre.gov

Elza, Mike: michael.elza@usda.gov

French, Michael: 812-447-3285, michael.french@greenforestswork.org

Garland, Chris: 502-545-1974, chris.garland@tnc.org

Hall, Sarah: 859-985-3599, hallsa@berea.edu

Kesterson, Tarah: 276-356-3405 tarah.kesterson@energy.virginia.gov

Lewis, Shayla: 301-689-1461 Shayla.lewis@md.gov

Lowe, Larry: 502-319-2746, larrylowe25@gmail.com

Manning, Doug: 304-719-7886, Doug_Manning@nps.gov

Mastin, Courtney: 859-260-3912 cmastin@osmre.gov

McCallister, Martin: 937-544-2188, martin.mcallister@TNC.ORG 

Oliver, Eric: 814-342-8126, eric.oliver@greenforestswork.org

Osborne, Chris: 606-439-4518, chris@krpky.com

Pleiss, Susan: 

Sanborn, David: judd.sanborn@nacoal.com

Sena, Kenton: 859-444-1723, kenton.sena@uky.edu

Shaffer, Adam: 814-893-6539, Adam_Shaffer@nps.gov
Snyder, Breezey: 484-639-7883, briana.snyder@greenforestswork.org

Tankersley, Lawrence: 276-523-8204, lawrence.tankersley@energy.virginia.gov

Wilson, Heather: 859-270-9694, hwilson@lexingtonky.gov

Wasler, Brenda: 724-434-3049, brenda_wasler@nps.gov

Woodwell, Davitt: 412-303-1586, dwoodwell@pepca.org