After clicking on the donate button please direct your contribution to the Tree Renewal Fund.
One of Edith Chase’s desires, expressed in her will, was to maintain the environment of Topsmead in the excellent condition she left it.
In partnership with the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP), Friends of Topsmead State Forest has established a program, the Tree Renewal Fund, that offers a unique opportunity to support the DEEP in honoring her wishes.
The partnership with DEEP at Topsmead will be critical to the success of this effort. Over the past several years, numerous trees were lost at Topsmead due to age, disease and severe weather. DEEP has limited resources for replacing them but state policy does not allow DEEP to accept funds directly for trees. Consequently, under our Tree Renewal Fund program, FTSF welcomes donations with which we will purchase a tree or trees and "gift" them to Topsmead. As the gift trees will become part of the tree community at Topsmead, DEEP will take responsibility for them, ensuring they are properly planted and maintained.
Through the Tree Renewal Fund, members and supporters of the Friends of Topsmead State Forest can help replace trees at Topsmead that are lost due to age, disease, or severe weather.
IMPORTANT NOTES
In partnership with the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP), Friends of Topsmead State Forest has established a program, the Tree Renewal Fund, that offers a unique opportunity to support the DEEP in honoring her wishes.
The partnership with DEEP at Topsmead will be critical to the success of this effort. Over the past several years, numerous trees were lost at Topsmead due to age, disease and severe weather. DEEP has limited resources for replacing them but state policy does not allow DEEP to accept funds directly for trees. Consequently, under our Tree Renewal Fund program, FTSF welcomes donations with which we will purchase a tree or trees and "gift" them to Topsmead. As the gift trees will become part of the tree community at Topsmead, DEEP will take responsibility for them, ensuring they are properly planted and maintained.
Through the Tree Renewal Fund, members and supporters of the Friends of Topsmead State Forest can help replace trees at Topsmead that are lost due to age, disease, or severe weather.
IMPORTANT NOTES
- FTSF will aggregate donated funds in order to make purchases (good sized, well established trees can be expensive)
- Funds may be carried over from one year to the next in order to maximize the value in terms of trees that can be purchased.
- We are gifting trees to DEEP and they belong to Topsmead once delivered
- DEEP will determine what trees are needed and when they should be purchased
- DEEP will select the tree species and size and will plant trees FTSF gifts to them; FTSF cannot fulfill requests for type of tree your dollars will support