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Planting trees next to streams. Volunteer with us! Stream-Link plants trees on streams for many reasons.

A healthy riparian zone benefits a stream in many ways, including the following:

1. Placing a riparian zone between a pollution source and a stream can greatly improve the quality of the water in the stream. Acting as a filter, the trees remove the sediment and pollutants that flow from surface and subsurface runoff.

2. Dense vegetation of native plants along the side of a stream supplies shad

e, which helps maintain a healthy stream temperature.

3. A healthy riparian zone will slow the flow of water entering a stream. Water has a better chance to soak into the soil, recharging the groundwater as it travels through the layers of sticks and leaves of a forest.

4. Trees stabilize the soil and prevent erosion, which can cause an excess of sediment entering a stream. Sediment can choke a stream bottom and make it difficult for aquatic organisms to survive. With a healthy riparian zone, aquatic organisms are provided food and habitat. Beside the ecological value of tree plantings, a reforested area can increase property value and provide an aesthetically pleasing landscape. At SLE, we recognize the importance of integrating education into our conservation projects. Volunteers will walk away from a planting not only feeling good about their contribution, but also understanding the importance of their effort.

07/30/2025

The trees have clearly been enjoying their summer break 😍🌳🌞 with lots of sunshine and rain, it has been a wild and wonderful growing season!

These trees were planted LAST SPRING...if you can believe it! We will be back in Emmitsburg this fall with thousands more trees to plant!

That's right...another planting season is just around the corner! We are looking forward to seeing so many of you back again to help us reforest Frederick County this fall...keep your eyes peeled on our socials for the upcoming schedule VERY SOON 🤗

If you're reading this, Stream Link appreciates you and your enthusiasm for protecting the natural world around us. We couldn't do the work we do without all of you ❤️ it's almost time to plant again!

06/03/2025

LAST EVENT OF SPRING 25 🥹❤️🌳 and we only have a few spots left for this Tree Teams maintenance event!

We've just about completed another incredible season! Spring 2025 was Stream Link's 23rd planting season, since we started counting in 2014 🥳🤯

Join us at 16683 Creamery Road in Emmitsburg, MD, right off of route 15. This was a site we started planting in 2021, and it is in need of some TLC. This event will take place from 9:00am til 11:00am and please bring some water because it will be hot!

Join us this weekend and you'll see what these trees look like with leaves 😉

LINK IN BIO TO RESERVE ONE OF THE FINAL SPOTS UNTIL OUR FALL 2025 EVENTS 🌳🌲🌳🌲

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04/02/2025

Spring 2025 planting season has officially BEGUN

This past weekend we had 20 volunteers out to help Stream Link staff with preparing this year's site in Emmitsburg for tree planting! It was a beautiful evening to gather with our generous community of volunteers with a lovely backdrop in Emmitsburg!

We will be filling up this field with mixed hardwood trees that will benefit generations of locals all along Tom's Creek, the Monocacy River, and the Chesapeake Bay! Please come join us for one of our plantings on April 5th, 12th, 20th, 25th as well as May 3rd and 10th.

Check out our link in bio for full event schedule and registration link!

03/03/2025

💥🌳 ATTENTION ALL TREE VOLUNTEERS! 🌳💥

Stream Link Education is proud to announce our Spring 2025 Volunteer Event Schedule!

Our plantings will be done in Emmitsburg this spring and stay tuned to this page for more exciting opportunities to volunteer with us! We've got a few ideas still cooking for this year 😎

It's getting a bit warmer here in Frederick County and we're getting so excited to see you all out in the field this year! Stay tuned for more information on some specific Earth Day and Arbor Day events that we'll be promoting!

Please check out the link in our profile for the sign up genius page and we would REALLY appreciate it if you'd send this page to any of your friends or family who may be interested ❤️🌲🎉

02/28/2025

Hello Stream Link friends! It's that time of year again...our hibernation is just about over and we've got exciting news for 2025! It's starting to feel like Spring and we are gearing up to get back to work planting trees very soon.

We've heard from LOTS of you and are so excited to share our Spring planting schedule with you but first we have some updates to announce!

Last Fall we lead an exciting event where we installed native plants in Baker Park! This park is a special place for Frederick locals and we were pleased with a large turnout to plant some native grasses, trees, and shrubs. If you're nearby go check out the newly installed sign on the corner of College Avenue and Carroll Parkway. We are very proud 😎

If you've volunteered with SLE over the past couple years you met Kylie, a fierce advocate for the planet and someone willing to do whatever it takes to bring about positive change. Kylie has moved on to continue her climate focused work with another great local organization, Mobilize Frederick Education Group. We are so excited to be working with Kylie in a different capacity, to continue the greening of Frederick County.

We are happy to bring Simon Arendt on board as our new Program Director and he will be leading the tree planting efforts in 2025! Simon has worked with other local businesses and organizations including SilvoCulture: Nuts for the Future and The Trail House. It will be another great year of tree planting, so please join us and say hello to Simon at the next event!

Don't worry...you'll hear from us again VERY soon with a chance to start signing up for our Spring 2025 tree planting events. Keep up the great work out there and we'll see you in the field soon!

12/20/2024

All entries due March 3! Win trees for your school!

12/19/2024

2024 by the numbers! Thank you to every volunteer, donor, & supporter 💚 The Stream Link crew looks forward to another great year of tree planting in 2025 🌳

12/16/2024

Join our Environmental Stewardship Program to help protect local ecosystems through park clean-ups and the removal of invasive Spotted Lantern Flies! Please pre-register at PlayFrederick.com so that there is enough equipment for each participant.

12/12/2024

☘Succession Starts🍄
Join Tim Olson at his next Nature Lecture to take a close look at mosses and lichens, the living organisms able to break down bare rock into soil. Explore where to find lichen and mosses, and how to identify the different types and their ecological purpose.

📅 When: December 12th at 6PM – 8PM
🧑Ages: 16+ years
💲Cost: $10 per person

Come and gain a deeper understanding of the natural world! Register today! https://bit.ly/FCPRNatureLectureSeries

12/06/2024

A heartfelt thank you goes out to all of our donors 💚 Individual contributions make an incredible difference, and we're so fortunate to have the support of our community to help us keep reforesting Frederick County 😊

12/03/2024

Sneak peek of what our documentary will look like! Donate today to help us film the last leg, here in Maryland 💚 https://www.streamlinkeducation.org/giving-tuesday

11/11/2024

We had a HUGE turnout on Saturday to close out our tree plantings for the year! Thank you to everyone who came out 🙌🌳

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