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Special Opportunity to Support Watershed Protection in the Hudson River Watershed!

If you haven’t already heard, Hudson Basin River Watch, in partnership with the Hudson River Estuary Program’s “Trees for Tribs” initiative has been selected as one of 10 nationwide finalists for Redwood Creek’s 2010 Greater Outdoors Project. The goals of the “Trees for Tribs” initiative are to enhance stream buffers and recreational experiences by planting native trees & shrubs, and to monitor water quality at project sites to demonstrate improvements.

Hudson Basin River Watch

Through an online voting system, the general public will decide who wins the $50,000 grant. Online voting begins April 1st and runs through August 31st. Individuals are limited to one vote per day. Many of you have worked with HBRW to monitor streams and the Hudson River Estuary Program to plant trees in your subbasin—both aimed at protecting streambanks and improving water quality.

This is a simple way to show your support for regional watershed protection and the Estuary Program’s watershed initiative!

Cast your vote for HBRW and “Trees for Tribs” at: http://www.blazethetrail.com/greatoutdoors/vote/

Here’s How:

Simply click on the link, register (one time only), and vote every day until August 31st!
Invite your groups’ members to show their support by casting votes in favor of this project.
Let all of your friends—on Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, and all of those other wonderful networking sites—know how they can support your efforts to protect the Hudson River watershed, by voting for the HBRW/Trees for Tribs project.
Spread the word to anyone interested in watershed and natural resource protection!

More About the Project

Since 1990, HBRW’s mission has been to improve the water quality of the Hudson River and its tributaries through education, community involvement, and stewardship. HBRW provides hands-on science education programs and stream monitoring workshops to environmental organizations, individuals, and agencies. HBRW has partnered with the Estuary Program since 1999 to foster programs throughout the Hudson River Estuary watershed.

The Estuary Program, through longstanding collaborations with regional watershed groups and HBRW, has championed riparian buffers as a keystone of watershed protection. The “Hudson River Estuary Trees for Tribs” project is conducted through the state Department of Environmental Conservation’s (DEC) Hudson River Estuary Program. The NYS DEC’s Saratoga Tree Nursery has also been a key partner in this initiative, by providing over 80% of the plant material utilized for this program.

The “Trees for Tribs” initiative started in 2007. In just three years, it has been responsible for planting more than 49,000 feet of stream buffers along the estuary’s tributaries with over 18,000 native trees, shrubs, and grasses. Over 130 projects have been completed to date with the help of some 1,500 volunteers.

Spread the word and send this email on to other supporters of healthy streams in the Hudson Valley. And finally, please cast your votes for Hudson Basin River Watch and help us strengthen a partnership that not only enhances the riparian habitats of the Hudson Estuary but also collects the water quality data to demonstrate the value of continued restoration.

Thanks for supporting watershed protection in the Hudson River watershed!