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December 22, 2011Terrebonne Parish will once again conduct its Christmas Tree Recycling Program to help with the prevention of coastal erosion.
To participate, residents of Terrebonne Parish are requested to place their Christmas trees in the area of their normal garbage pickup from Jan. 2 to Jan. 6, 2012.
As an alternative, residents may choose to drop off their Christmas trees at Terrebonne Parish Consolidated Government residential drop-off sites located at 263 Ashland Landfill Rd., 651 Isle Cuba Rd. in Schriever or at 160 Crochetville Rd. in Montegut.
Christmas trees collected from local residents are placed into retention fences, also called cribs, which have been constructed along the Intracoastal Waterway near the Mandalay National Wildlife Refuge. When lowered into the cribs, trees provide an effective wave-break, which can reduce erosion of fragile marshes.
The project is designed to allow the trees to work with natural wave action and act as a filter, collecting sediment behind the cribs to build new land.
Only green, live trees will be accepted. Flocked trees and trees with tinsel, decorations, or tree stands cannot be used.
