 The Crow Wing Soil and Water Conservation District is in the middle of its annual plant and tree sale. Today, they held their open house event to promote the sale and to teach people the importance of planting trees. At the open house, several different conservation efforts were promoting tree planting, explaining the connection between water quality and vegetation. The seeds for sale are all natives and people can order their plants online until the end of the month. The goal for the Crow Wing Soil and Water Conservation District is to see 1 million trees planted this year. Places that don't have vegetation like trees or plants, they're a lot more likely to erode and that's kind of what degrades the water quality to is all that sediment going into the lake. If there's no trees in the ground, it's not habitat, it's not doing any water quality benefits. If it's not getting planted, it's not doing any good. So make sure to get them in the ground. Seed pickup is scheduled for May 2nd and 3rd at the Crow Wing County Fairgrounds.