Trees for Tribs Work Party w/ MHTU and Riverkeeper
August 26, 2024
The annual Trees for Tribs Work Party was held this year on August 26, 2024 on Fishkill Creek at the McKinney Dam by Tymor Park in Unionvale. Thanks to MHTU members, (Dan, Bill, and Mike) and Riverkeeper members, (Maddie, Matt, and George) for their efforts to realign, straighten, and support previously planted trees. A total of 13 dead trees were removed, and plastic collars were removed from 10 trees that outgrew them. All of the remaining trees were inspected and helped, where needed. Great work, team!
MHTU, Riverkeeper, and NYS DEC
“Trees for Tribs Work Party”
August 10, 2023
A big THANK YOU to everyone who helped at our Trees For Tribs Work Party on August 10.
Mid Hudson Trout Unlimited, Riverkeeper, and NYS DEC teamed up for a productive morning's work on the upper reaches of Fishkill Creek above McKinney Dam in Unionvale.
The extreme rains and floods of recent years have taken a toll. We lost more than one-third of the 300 trees planted in 2018 and 2019. But the trees that made it are well established -- some up to eight feet tall. We righted many toppled but healthy trees.
Pat Crisci
Ten Mile River Clean Up and Tree Tube Repair: MHTU & HVA
November 13, 2021
On Saturday, a group of volunteers from MHTU and HVA (Housatonic Valley Association), repaired tree tubes and cleaned up a stretch of the Ten Mile River in Dover Plains. The trees, part of the Trees for Tribs Program, were planted a year ago, but high water from Hurricane Ida ripped through the site, leaving many of the tubes in poor condition.
MHTU plants “Trees for Tribs” with Riverkeeper, One Tree Planted, and NY DEC on Fishkill Creek: October 2-3, 2020
Photo courtesy of the Riverkeeper Organization, from the 2020-2021 Riverkeeper Annual Journal.
Stream Restoration: This was the site of a large pond until a dam breached naturally in the headwaters of Fishkill Creek. In October, volunteers from Riverkeeper, One Tree Planted, Trout Unlimited, and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation came together to help foster a new and thriving stream ecosystem here. Over the course of two days, volunteers planted 200 trees - the start of a healthy forest that will shade the water and support habitat for fish and other wildlife. We will tend to these trees over the course of the next year to give them the best chance of success.
