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Beekmantown residents Tim Palmer and Ashley Follan install a weed mat around a newly planted redstem dogwood along Rae Brook and the Heritage Trail in Beekmantown. The Clinton County Soil and Water Conservation District teamed up with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation through their Trees for Tributaries program to plant 75 shrubs and 75 trees, including sandbar willow, speckled alder, silver maple, white spruce and gray birch, in riparian areas to prevent soil erosion, improve water quality and restore habitat for wildlife and fish. The state conservation program, which provides plants for a small fee or free of charge, is also available to landowners within the Champlain Watershed, which includes most of Clinton County and parts of Essex and Franklin counties, who have streams or rivers running through their property.
From May 2017
