Located at Moore's Creek, Lexington, VA
Total MTCO2eq Offsets Generated: 29
RIPARIAN BUFFER AT MOORE'S CREEK
Project: Tree Planting #1: Moore’s Creek Watershed
Location: Rx Lane, Lexington, VA
Status: 325 native trees planted December 2021
Project Period: 15 yearsTotal metric tons of anticipated carbon dioxide emissions (MTCO2eq) prevented: 29 tons
Value: $120 per metric ton
COREworks offsets available for allocation: 18Note: Once all offsets are allocated, COREworks will remove this project from active inventory. The trees themselves will continue to grow and sequester carbon as planned.
This tree planting project will strengthen and revitalize a two-acre riparian buffer along a 500-foot stretch of Moore’s Creek, a tributary of Woods Creek in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Healthy riparian buffers protect water quality, filter excess nutrients from waterways, prevent bank erosion, provide habitat and food for local wildlife, and create shade for aquatic species. Riparian vegetation also removes carbon from the atmosphere. Because Moore’s Creek is in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, protecting its health has a positive ripple effect that benefits aquatic ecosystems all the way to the Bay and beyond.
This project was a partnership between the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Boxerwood Education Association, volunteer groups, and the private landowners. Over two days in December 2021, 50 volunteers from local community groups and university students planted 325 native trees, including dogwoods, red maples, and tulip poplars. This planting reforested just over two acres of land on the banks of Moore’s Creek and on a previously bare hillslope overlooking the waterway. These trees are projected to sequester 29 metric tons of carbon dioxide during the 15-year project period.
This project has met COREworks standards of integrity as assessed by both the internal and external (community) review protocol.
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