This document provides information about a tree protection workday being held on Martin Luther King Jr. Day in Buddy Attick Park in partnership with the City of Greenbelt Department of Public Works and the Chesapeake Education, Arts & Research Society (CHEARS) Greenbelt Forest Stewardship Project. The event will include introductions, information about protecting trees from beavers, managing invasive English ivy, and future volunteer opportunities with CHEARS.

1. Tree Protection Workday
in Buddy Attick Park
MLK,Jr.DayofService
Monday,January19
10:00am–1:00pm
City of Greenbelt Department of Public Works in partnership with
Chesapeake Education, Arts & Research Society (CHEARS)
Greenbelt Forest Stewardship Project
Providing knowledge and care of our remnant woods

2. Welcome!
• Introductions
• Erin Josephitis,
Volunteer
Maryland
Coordinator
• Brian Townsend,
City of
Greenbelt
Horticulturalist
• Volunteer
Registration
Forms

3. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service

4. What is Public Works?
Mission Statement
• Public Works serves the community by preserving, maintaining and improving the city’s
infrastructure and amenities. The department is focused on providing professional and
personal response to the needs of citizens while maintaining Greenbelt as a unique and
satisfying community in which to live and work.

5. What is CHEARS?
CHesapeake Education Arts &
Research Society
Mission
• To promote the health of all life in
the Chesapeake Watershed through
education and action projects
organized and implemented by
volunteers.
• Founded in 2006
• Community driven environmental action projects

6. Beavers in Buddy Attick Park
• American Beaver (Castor canadensis)
• Length 50”
• Weight 40-60 lbs., max. 70 lbs.
• Largest member of the Rodent family
in North America
• Can stay underwater for up to 15
minutes
• Eats soft inner layer (cambium) of
many trees
• Benefits ecosystems
• Problems behind Greenbelt’s urban
landscape
• Parents live with kits and yearlings,
but two year olds are staying around
to help with kits and lodge
maintenance

9. Protecting Trees from Beavers

10. Integrating G.I.S. with Tree Protection

11. English ivy
• Origin: Europe, Western
Asia and Northern Africa
• Widely planted due to its
evergreen foliage and
dependability as a year-
round ground cover
• One of the most abundant
and insidious invasive
plants
• Infests natural habitats
• Reservoir for bacterial leaf
scorch (Xylella fastidiosa),
a harmful plant pathogen
Source: NPS.gov

12. English ivy Prevention & Control
• DO NOT plant English ivy
• Vines climbing up trees should
be cut to kill upper portions
and relieve the tree canopy
• Portions rooted in the ground
needs to be treated with
herbicide or cut repeatedly
• No biological control available
for English ivy

13. Managing English Ivy (Hedera helix)

14. Before & After

15. Future Volunteer Opportunities
• Tree Protection Volunteer
• President Lincoln’s Birthday, Thursday, February 12, 2015 from 10
am – 1 pm
• Presidents’ Day, Monday, February 16, 2015 from 10 am – 1 pm
• Saturday, February 28, 2015 from 10 am – 1 pm
• G.I.S. Volunteer
• Available on an individual basis
• Email Volunteer@CHEARS.org to set up a training date
• Special Events Committee Volunteer
• Earth Day Saturday, April 18, 2015
• Walk / Bike to School Day Wednesday, May 6, 2015
• Green Man Festival Saturday, May 9 – Sunday, May 10, 2015

16. Thank you for serving with us!