What is Planting America?

The Planting America project features two college students, Grant Gardner and Matt Cortina, riding bikes across the country planting one million trees with communities, schools and other organizations. The two will stop in 54 cities on their 84 day trip which begins May 14th in Yorktown, VA and ends in Florence, OR. They will be accompanied by a medical advisor, tech supervisor and a utility person to ensure the project's success.

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What YOU Can Do

There are numerous was for you to help even if you are not able to make it to one of the 56 cities that we are visiting this summer. Below are just some of the few ways.

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HELP SAVE NEW JERSEY PARKS!

 

Just as warming weather begins to lure people outdoors, Gov. Corzine is proposing to shutter many state parks.

As part of his plan to lower the state budget, the governor proposed Tuesday that nine parks, including Round Valley Reservoir State Park, be closed and services reduced at three others. (Hunterdon County Democrat).

 

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Missouri Update

By Matt Cortina on July 21, 2008

From Wyoming... It's Missouri.

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Pueblo, CO to West Yellowstone, MT Pictures Added

By Grant Gardner on July 20, 2008

Here are some of our newest photos in 2 albums below. So far we have successfully cycled 3,096 miles and on pace to finish completely on schedule.

Pueblo, CO to Breckenridge, CO

Saratoga, WY to West Yellowstone, MT
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Illinois Update

By Matt Cortina on July 5, 2008

We visited southern Illinois and here's what happened.

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Picture Update: Chester, IL to Ordway, CO

By Grant Gardner on July 2, 2008

Picture update from Chester, IL, Missouri, Kansas, and into Ordway, CO.

Enjoy!

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Kentucky Update

By Matt Cortina on July 2, 2008

At long, undue, last... here's the Kentucky edition.

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Free Seed Status

By Matt Cortina on June 16, 2008

As you all are hopefully aware, we are in the midst of our cross-country bike ride to share our message of environmental responsibility and plant some trees along the way. The rigor of our schedule and the constant change in location really doesn't allow for much time or ability to pack and send seeds out. So when we finish our trip, which we've pushed up a few weeks, we will be sending out all 3.5 million seeds requested. We're sorry for any inconvenience, but planting in the fall will yield better results than planting in the summer and we simply cannot effectively send out your seeds while we're on the trip. We've also received non-profit shipping rates from the US Postal Service so that will alleviate some of the costs incurred from sending out such a high quantity of packages. So, get ready for the fall planting season!

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New Photos from the Trail

By Matt Cortina on June 16, 2008

Take a look through our most recent photo album of images from Kentucky and Illinois HERE. These are some of the landscapes and attractions we've encountered over the last week, and as always there's more to come.

http://plantingamerica.org/images/CarbondaleWA/

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