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| Ridge
Road North, Michaux State Forest, seeded and covered
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Beautification plays an important
role in protecting a cleaned site from being trashed again.
Each active dumpsite is evaluated for the type of beautification
needed. Clean soil is used to cover areas that may
have been disturbed by heavy equipment. These areas are then
seeded with groundcover indigenous to the
area. PA CleanWays also plants trees, native to Pennsylvania,
along stream banks and roadways,
and in parks where cleanups have taken place.
Planting trees is one of the
best and easiest ways everyone can help the environment. In
addition to
being beautiful, trees provide a wide range of social, community,
economic, and environmental benefits. Trees...
- discourage littering by
beautifying urban
and community areas such as parks, streets,
and schoolyards,
- assist in preventing soil
erosion,
- provide a habitat for
wildlife,
- increase individuals'
physical and emotional
well-being,
- remove dust, particulates,
ozone, carbon
monoxide, sulfur dioxide, and other pollutants
from the air,
- conserve energy by blocking
wind, snow,
rain, and sunlight,
- serve as an effective
buffer in screening
out urban noises,
- replenish oxygen,
- help clean groundwater
and prevent the
transport of sediment and chemicals into
waterways by trapping nutrients and chemicals.
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