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PHOTO PROVIDED The Clinton County Conservation District is continuing to encourage local residents to plant a tree with its annual sale. This year, the sale will feature “shopping days” instead of pre-sales.
PHOTO PROVIDED The Clinton County Conservation District is continuing to encourage local residents to plant a tree with its annual sale. This year, the sale will feature “shopping days” instead of pre-sales.

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The Clinton County Conservation District is continuing to encourage local residents to plant a tree with its annual sale. This year, the sale will feature "shopping days" instead of pre-sales.

MILL HALL -- After nearly 50 years, the Clinton County Conservation District is changing up its annual tree sale.

For 47 years, the conservation district has held an annual tree sale. In past years, residents had to pre-order their trees.

This year the district will make trees available during a series of "shopping" days from May 1 through May 4.

"You'll simply come and shop for your trees and take them with you that day," a release from the conservation district said. "The trees and shrubs listed below will be available on a first-come, first-serve basis only, no pre-orders will be accepted."

The varieties of seedlings available this year include:

-- Colorado Blue Spruce

-- American Arborvitae

-- Black Chokeberry

-- White Flowering Dogwood

-- American Sycamore

-- Persimmon

-- Swamp White Oak

-- Spicebush

-- Tulip Poplar

-- Red Oak

-- American Elderberry.

Trees will be sold in bundles of five for $13.

APPLE TREES

Apple Trees are sold in bundles of two -- one Crimson Crisp and one Super Chief -- for $45. These apple trees are all approximately 4-6 feet tall.

Shopping dates for this year's tree sale will be Wednesday, May 1, through Friday, May 3, from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., and on Saturday, May 4, from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m., at the Clinton County Conservation District office, 45 Cooperation Lane, Mill Hall, (located along Route 64, North of Lamar), in the Mary Ann Bower Learning Center.

Proceeds from tree seedling sales are used to fund various educational programs, such as school booklets and 6th Grade Field Days.

"There are a number of benefits to planting trees beyond just aesthetics. Trees give off the oxygen we breathe. Trees reduce stormwater runoff, which reduces erosion and pollution in our waterways and may reduce the effects of flooding," the release said. "Many species of wildlife depend on trees for habitat. Trees provide food, protection and homes for many birds and mammals and even fish. Put a little life in your future, plant a tree!"

If you have any questions, please email Susie Peters at speters@clintoncountypa.gov or call Susie at 570-726-3798, ext. 3800.

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