Buy-a-Tree Program Would Beautify Chesapeake Bay From: The Washington Post | Date: February 6, 1988 | Copyright 1988 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

It's called "Greenshores," an innovative Maryland program to plant trees along the Chesapeake Bay. And the state would share the costs with private individuals.

"It's analogous to buying a tree in Israel," David Carroll, Gov. William Donald Schaefer's Chesapeake Bay coordinator, explained yesterday to the House Appropriations Committee. "We'll encourage people to `buy' a tree along the Chesapeake."

Schaefer is asking the legislature to appropriate $400,000 for the program. It is a piece-potentially the most visible piece-of $8 million the governor is seeking in additional money this year ...

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