Environment

Spring, 2022We planted our next set of 360 trees – most of our trees were kept alive with supplemental water due to record drought conditions this year, but many were lost to environmental stress or were eaten by wildlife.Fall, 2022As our nurseries grow bigger and stronger trees, we continue to evaluate what has been working […]

Spring, 2021150 Trees were planted following an extremely cold Winter.Fall, 2021Another 360 trees were planted in Fall, 2021. Our strategy is to plant trees in the Spring and Fall, while growing and stockpiling trees in our nurseries during the Summer and Winter.

Formosa’s next attempt was more successful than our first, but they only stayed in our apiary for two months.

We worked with the Save Coastal Wildlife organization to set-up a beach clean-up event to help pick up litter, etc. in Union Beach, NJ, located right along the Raritan Bay. This coastal/estuarine area is a prime nesting location for ospreys and other shore/wading birds and is usually overburdened with various forms of trash and debris. […]

Formosa’s new tree planting program began in the Fall of 2020, after revising an earlier program.This program used a diverse variety of native trees to improve the health of our air, water, and soil. Additionally, these trees compensated for vegetation lost in other developments (i.e., solar fields) and absorbed atmospheric carbon.We started by purchasing tree […]