Each spring since 1993, the Hardwood Forestry Fund has partnered with the PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to plant trees at the site of the 10,000 acre Two Rock Run Wildfire. PA Bureau of Forestry staff prepares the site and digs holes for the trees. Penn ReLeaf volunteers, Bucktail High School students, Loch Haven High School students and Penn State University volunteers plant the trees. This site utilizes tree shelters to protect young seedlings from heavy deer browse. Trees planted include red oak, black cherry, and white ash.
Major benefits are wildlife habitat enhancement, future timber crops, and watershed protection.
The ongoing partnership with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources reclaims surface coal-mined lands at three sites managed by the Division of Wildlife. Acreage is prepared for planting by Division of Wildlife personnel. Local volunteers, who want to help reforest an area that is now grassland, plant trees. Hardwood Forestry Fund members have enabled the planting of more than 35,000 trees at three reclamation sites. Trees planted include red oak, white oak, pin oak, and green ash.