The Lands Council is partnering with One Tree Planted for an amazing Earth Day Tree Planting on April 24th! Our Marshall Creek site, located between Cheney and Spokane, is undergoing a massive restoration transformation, and you will have the unique opportunity to help revitalize this wetland ecosystem!

We will plant trees in small groups and shifts, so we can make a big difference while staying safe. It is a large site with plenty of parking and room to spread out and socially distance. Please note that masks are required.

Trees are critical to all aspects of life—our health, our economy, and our environment.

• A healthy, adult tree can take 11,000 gallons of water from the soil and release it into the air again as oxygen and water vapor in a single growing season.

• Native tree species support natural ecosystems by providing habitat and food for birds, mammals, and insects.

• Tree planting improves water quality. A tree’s complex root network reduces runoff and erosion. This allows more recharging of the ground water supply. Wooded areas help prevent the transport of sediment and chemicals into streams.

• Forested streamside buffers also filter sediment from streams, stabilize streambanks, shade and modify stream temperatures, sequester carbon to help mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, and reduce downstream flooding. And the presence of mature trees in a buffer makes the stream wider.