Help restore habitat at Nassawango Creek Preserve by planting Atlantic white cedar seedlings.
Join The Nature Conservancy for this annual tree-planting event held in partnership with the National Aquarium Conservation Team (ACT!) and the Chesapeake Bay Trust.
All participants for Saturday planting must pre-register. Volunteer space is limited, and registration will close when the event is full.
The minimum age of volunteers is 10 years old. Anyone under 18 years old must be accompanied by an adult. For more information, please contact conserve@aqua.org or 410-659-4249.
Nassawango Creek Preserve is located on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, approximately 2.5 hours from Washington/Baltimore. It is one of the last pieces of true wilderness left on the East Coast. Visit Places We Protect to get more in depth details about its legacy.
This event is held each spring at Nassawango Creek Preserve.
Directions
From Baltimore/Washington
- Take Route 50 east across the Bay Bridge to Salisbury
- From Salisbury, go south on Route 12 towards Snow Hill; run right onto Old Furnace road
- Travel about a mile and you'll find Furnace Town on the left. Park and check in at the visitor center if it is open
- The Paul Leifer Trail begins just beyond the old brick furnace at the south end of the village
Directions to the Johnson Tract
- From Baltimore/Washington, follow directions above to Route 12. After 3.8 miles, turn left onto Spearin Road and follow for 2.9 miles
- Turn right onto Mount Olive Church Road and follow for .2 miles. Watch on the left for a pipe gate
- Park outside the gate and walk along the unpaved road
Directions for Canoeists and Kayakers
- From Baltimore/Washington, follow directions above to Snow Hill. Instead of turning onto Old Furnace Road, continue on Route 12 for one mile farther south and turn right onto Red House Road
- After about one mile, park along the road shoulder near the designated parking sign and just before a small bridge. If you reach a point where the road splits, you have gone too far!
- Park along the side of the road where the creek goes under the bridge
- Launch your canoes and kayaks from this side of the creek, right by the green Nature Conservancy Nassawango Creek Preserve sign. Two yellow "Nature Sanctuary" signs also mark this area
Join Us
Help restore habitat at Nassawango Creek Preserve by planting Atlantic white cedar seedlings.