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I pledge to support our working forest lands by shopping locally for my maple syrup, and/or lumber and woodworking needs

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Shopping Locally

Supporting the local forest economy and keeping local lands in forest directly helps local water quality and quantity as well as air quality.
Supporting the local forest economy and keeping local lands in forest directly helps local water quality and quantity as well as air quality.
Forestlands provide critical infiltration of rainwater that in turn helps to recharge groundwater supplies. One acre of forestland can infiltrate and store as much as 9620 gallons of water from a half-inch rainfall. In the Delaware River Basin, average annual rainfall is 43 inches/year; therefore, one acre of forest can infiltrate 827,213 gallons of water per year.
Forestlands provide critical infiltration of rainwater that in turn helps to recharge groundwater supplies. One acre of forestland can infiltrate and store as much as 9620 gallons of water from a half-inch rainfall. In the Delaware River Basin, average annual rainfall is 43 inches/year; therefore, one acre of forest can infiltrate 827,213 gallons of water per year.

I pledge to protect the watershed by sustainably managing my forest/woodlot

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Sustainably Managing My Forest

Ensure it is there for future generations.
Provide habitat for local wildlife.
Produce valuable local products like syrup or timber for my personal use.
Produce valuable local products like syrup or timber for sale.

No matter your reasons for sustainably managing your forest/woodlot, you've helped create multiple, tangible benefits. Some of these include cleaner air, cleaner water, a cooler landscape, water supply replenishment, and long-term protection of a natural area for generations to enjoy.

I pledge to protect the watershed by working with a Forester to develop a Forest Management Plan

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Develop a Forest Management Plan

Activities addressed in a Forest Management Plan can include:
- Ways to ensure future productivity.
- Ways to help manage and prevent insects, disease, and fire.
- Ways to protect soil quality and tree and plant species diversity.
- Ways to create a desired aesthetic, protect or draw in desirable wildlife, including endangered species.
- Ways to prevent soil erosion and sedimentation to nearby streams.
A poorly managed working forest can contribute as much as 11% more sediment, 16% more nitrogen, and 17% more phosphorus per acre than a well-managed forest. These nutrients and sediment runoff into nearby streams impacting water quality.

I pledge to protect streams on my property by maintaining or planting a forested buffer, and by removing invasive plants, including knotweed, from riparian areas.

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I pledge to protect streams on my property by maintaining or planting a forested buffer that is ft by ft.

You have saved sediment, nitrogen, phosphorus and algae pounds/year.

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I pledge to protect the watershed by working with a local land trust to protect my wooded property with a conservation easement.

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I pledge to protect the watershed by working with a local land trust to protect acres of my wooded property with a conservation easement.

Protecting forests helps protect local air and water quality.
Forestlands provide critical infiltration of rainwater that in turn helps to recharge groundwater supplies. One acre of forestland can infiltrate and store as much as 9620 gallons of water from a half-inch rain event.
Therefore in an average year in the Delaware River Basin, your commitment can infiltrate gallons of water per year.
Forestlands provide critical air quality benefits. One acre of forestland can absorb and treat air pollutants like carbon dioxide, ozone, particulates (eg. dust, ash, pollen, and smoke) and produce critical oxygen for humans and wildlife. One acre of forestland can absorb 1800 lbs of ozone and 1350 lbs of particulates per year. One acre also absorbs 6 tons of carbon dioxide and produces 4 tons of oxygen per year, which is enough to meet the annual needs of 18 people.
Therefore in an average year in the Delaware River Basin, your commitment can absorb lbs of ozone and lbs of particulates per year tons of carbon dioxide and produces tons of oxygen per year, which is enough to meet the annual needs of people.

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I pledge to plant deciduous (hardwood) tree(s) and/or evergreen tree(s).

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6. I pledge to plant deciduous (hardwood) tree(s) and/or evergreen tree(s).

Your commitment will immediately protect water supplies by helping to capture and infiltrate water back into the ground, as well as stabilize soils and help treat pollution running off the landscape.
Your positive impacts will only continue to increase. A mature deciduous tree can intercept up to 760 gallons per year, while a mature evergreen can intercept over more than 4000 gallons per year. Likewise, a mature tree can, on average, absorb 36 percent of the rainfall with which it come in contact. Your actions will intercept gallons of water a year, helping to reduce runoff that can carry pollution to streams and replenish ground water supplies into the future.
Your commitment will also improve air quality. A large front yard tree absorbs approximately 10 lbs of pollutants per year, including 4 lbs of ozone and 3 pounds of particulates (dust, ash, pollen, and smoke). This single tree can also clean 330 lbs of carbon dioxide annually from the atmosphere through sequestration. Your actions will reduce lbs of pollutants and absorb lbs of carbon dioxide a year into the future, therefore protecting water supplies and slowing climate change.

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