By Valerie Horning, Cayuga County Soil and Water Conservation District

Cayuga Recycles, a program of the Cayuga County Department of Planning and Economic Development, in conjunction with the Cayuga County Soil and Water Conservation District and Cornell Cooperative Extension of Cayuga County, is sponsoring the annual “Trade-A-Tree” program in Cayuga County. Bring in your “used” (real) Christmas tree after the holidays, and we will give you a certificate for a tree seedling to be picked up in the spring! Old trees will be chipped into mulch to be used on county projects, rather than taking up space in landfills. A balsam fir seedling will be given out to anyone who redeems their certificate on May 9, 2025 at the Annual Conservation District Spring Tree & Shrub Sale.

Trees must be free of decorations, tinsel, wraps and any other foreign objects. They can be donated at the Natural Resource Center, 7413 County House Road, Sennett, at the following times:
• 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday, Dec. 26 and 27
• 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 30
• 8 a.m. to noon Tuesday, Dec. 31
• 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday, Jan. 2 and 3
• 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, Jan. 6 through 10
• 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, Jan. 13 through 17

For more information, please visit our website at www.cayugaswcd.org or call the Cayuga County Soil and Water Conservation District at (315)252-4171, ext. 4, or stop by our office located on County House Road in Sennett. We are available Monday – Friday from 7:30 AM – 4:00 PM.