Press release
The Crawford Soil and Water Conservation District has evergreens, hardwoods, shrubs and asparagus rootlings available through their annual tree and plant sale. The district is taking orders until March 17th, so get your order in as soon as possible for the best selection.
Reasons to plant trees:
- Trees properly placed near buildings can reduce air conditioning cost up to 50 percent.
- A city tree is about 10 times more effective at reducing carbon dioxide as a forest tree.
- Provide winter windbreaks and living snow fences. Windbreaks can reduce fuel bills by as much as 30%.
- Trees along streams reduce soil and chemical runoff from surrounding lawns and fields by as much as 60%.
- An acre of trees can remove about 13 tons of dust and gases every year from the surrounding environment through photosynthesis.
- More than 100,000 trees are needed to cancel the pollution of one jet flying roundtrip from New York to Los Angeles.
- For every ton of wood that grows, about 1.47 tons of carbon dioxide is absorbed and 1.07 tons of oxygen is produced.
- Create new habitats and safe havens for our local wildlife.
- Aesthetic landscaping for everyone to enjoy year round!
Printable order forms and tree descriptions are available on the Crawford SWCD website at www.crawfordswcd.org or at the office, 3111 State Route 98, Bucyrus, Ohio 44820. Please call the office at 419-562-8280 ext. 3 for more information. Make checks payable to Crawford SWCD. Please mail order form along with the check, or hand deliver payment and form to the office.
Trees can be picked up March 30th, from 3:00 – 6:00 pm and March 31st from 7:30 am – 6:00 pm. We do not deliver or mail packets.