RIPARIAN BUFFER AT MOFFATTS CREEK

This tree planting project will strengthen and revitalize a six-acre riparian buffer along a stretch of Moffatts Creek, a tributary of Maury River in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Healthy riparian buffers protect water quality, filter excess nutrients from waterways, prevent bank erosion, provide habitat and food for local wildlife, and create shade for aquatic species. Riparian vegetation also removes carbon from the atmosphere. Because Moffatts Creek is in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, protecting its health has a positive ripple effect that benefits aquatic ecosystems all the way to the Bay and beyond.

This project was a partnership between the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Boxerwood Education Association, volunteer groups, and the private landowners. In December 2022, 35 volunteers from local community groups and university students planted native trees, including dogwoods, pin oaks, and tulip poplars. This planting reforested just over six acres of land on the banks of Moffatts Creek. These trees are projected to sequester 102 metric tons of carbon dioxide during the 15-year project period.

This project has met COREworks standards of integrity as assessed by both the internal and external (community) review protocol.

Review the approved Tree Planting #2 application to COREworks ►

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