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County Teams Up With MD Natural Resources To Plant More Trees
MD and HoCo will plant 32,800 trees on roughly 82 acres of state land in the county. This project will be the largest voluntary planting.

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MD and HoCo will plant 32,800 trees on roughly 82 acres of state land in the county. This project will be the largest voluntary planting.

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