Catonsville Tree Canopy Project

05/29/2026

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/mark-ray-3504659_yes-trees-are-whole-ecosystems-and-food-activity-7465874184070533120-um_R?utm_medium=ios_app&rcm=ACoAABmV-JsBRLKSWsdBx3F-QR6Ke6MjamH7CO4&utm_source=social_share_video_v2&utm_campaign=facebook

Yes, trees are whole ecosystems and food chains within themselves. The diversity of caterpillars are all threads in a food web that includes both native and migrating birds among other creatures. For migrants, these trees are the well-stocked convenient stores along the superhighways of their migrat...

05/17/2026

Every child born in Wales gets a tree.
Not a joke — a policy.

The Welsh government plants a native broadleaf tree for every birth or adoption. The scheme is called "Plant!" — which means "children" in Welsh.

Started in 2008, inspired by a schoolgirl who wanted kids to own their environment. Six new woodlands so far. Tens of thousands of trees — oak, ash, birch, cherry — planted for the next generation.

A country investing in both its children and its forests. 🌱🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

04/25/2026

Maybe we don't need to rely solely on cars.

04/25/2026

Forests can be the economy.

04/23/2026

03/12/2026

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/charles-edward-a25bb81a2_the-weeds-in-your-garden-beds-arent-random-activity-7437713813954617344-pe0J?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios&rcm=ACoAABmV-JsBRLKSWsdBx3F-QR6Ke6MjamH7CO4

The weeds in your garden beds aren't random. Every species thriving right now is a soil report you didn't ask for. Pull them if you want. But read them first. Broadleaf plantain dominates compacted ground where pore space has collapsed. If it's taking over a bed, the soil needs structural loosening....

03/09/2026

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/tests-confirm-herbert-run-polluted-090100876.html

Herbert Run flows through Catonsville’s Spring Grove Hospital campus, accumulating a cocktail of bacteria and pollutants from nearby neighborhoods, businesses and the Baltimore Beltway, government tes...

02/19/2026

This would have been a great alternative at the Spring Grove Hospital campus instead of the very destructive stream restoration project that was initiated by UMBC.

Scotland once erased one of its most important engineers. Did you know?By the late 1500s, beavers had been hunted to extinction across Scotland, stripped fro...

02/19/2026

02/14/2026

New Today - more on the tree destruction at Spring Grove by UMBC: