New Isle Cypress Tree Planting

Gray, LA

Thursday, April 4th, 2024

9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

The Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana (CRCL) invites you to join us for a tree planting at The New Isle!

The New Isle is the country’s first federally funded resettlement project for communities threatened by climate change. The project resettled residents of Isle de Jean Charles including many members of the Isle de Jean Charles Band of Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw Indians.

With your help, CRCL will plant 1,500 native trees near the New Isle Community Center to help restore the ecology of the site from degraded fallow sugarcane fields to forested wetlands.

Not sure what to expect? Watch this short video!

Registration: 

• Everyone must sign our release and waiver of rights upon registration. Volunteers 17 years old and younger must have a parent or guardian complete the registration on their behalf.
• Please note the minimum age for volunteers is 14. No one younger than 14 will be allowed to participate. Minors are required to have a waiver signed by a parent or legal guardian and must be accompanied by an adult.
• If you register and later discover you are unable to attend, please notify by email at volunteers@crcl.org so another volunteer can take your slot.

Communications:

• Please be sure to provide a good email address during registration. This is the address that will be used to communicate any last-minute event details.
• Registered volunteers will receive an additional email 2 to 3 days prior to the event with SPECIFIC driving directions and additional event details. If it is the day before the event and you have not received this email, check your spam folder. If it is not there, email volunteers@crcl.org. If you do not register, you will not know where to go.
• If you are interested in carpooling, please post to our carpool board. If you can offer a ride, please include the capacity of your vehicle, departure and return times, and where you are driving from. Please carpool at your own risk and discretion.

Day-of Logistics & Safety:

• Volunteer check-in will be from 8:45 to 9:15 am.
• We will begin the intro speech and logistics discussion at 9:15, so please arrive promptly.
• Boats will not be used during this planting.
• Snacks, lunch, water, sports drinks and all necessary equipment (including work gloves, sunscreen, bug spray, etc.) will be provided to volunteers. Please bring a reusable water bottle to cut down on plastic waste.
• Volunteers MUST wear closed-toed shoes, boots are recommended. CRCL will provide boots on a first-come, first-served basis.
• If you have a severe allergy or dietary restriction, please email sofia.giordano@crcl.org, and we will do our best to accommodate you. We are currently unable to accommodate gluten-free or vegan volunteers. If you are gluten-free or vegan, please bring a lunch. If you have a severe allergy that requires an EpiPen, please be sure to bring it with you.
• CRCL staff members are wilderness first aid-certified. If you get injured during any activity, please report it to a CRCL staff member immediately.

Volunteering on our coast is a wonderful way to spend a day, and we would like to ensure that everyone gets a chance to have a great experience. We require that all volunteers register to let us know if you plan to attend.

• If any additional members of your family/friends are attending, they also must register.
• If the event registration is full, you can be added to a waiting list. Please email volunteers@crcl.org.
• If you’d like to bring a group to volunteer, please let us know and we’ll try our best to accommodate you.

For inquiries about any of the above, please contact sofia.giordano@crcl.org.