Replant

is one of the largest student-run, environmental service projects in the nation. At this event, thousands of trees are planted each year by thousands of volunteers including Texas A&M students, parents, and members of the Bryan/College Station community. They are coming together to make a difference, one that people for hundreds of years will be able to realize and enjoy. Our trees are planted at local parks, schools, and other public lands. All of our trees are donated by the National Tree Trust (between 500-10,000 per year). The Replant committee, of the Texas A&M Student Government Association, plans this great event each year. Replant is sponsored by Texas A&M University, the National Tree Trust, and the Army Corps of Engineers at Lake Somerville. Replant has no association with bonfire and does not plant on old bonfire cut sites. In 1990, Scott Hantman, the Environmental Issues Committee Chair, developed the idea of Replant. In the spring of 1991 he joined up with bonfire leaders to plant 400 trees. Later that year the traditions council recognized Replant as an official Aggie Tradition. The number of participants and trees grew for the next few years and the site for planting changed from TMPA in Carlos, Texas to Somerville Lake in Somerville, Texas. The event became so large that in 1994 Replant became a Student Government Committee of its own. In 1997, Replant helped reforest the Clayton Williams oil well site where the land had been destroyed by an explosion in the 1980’s. In 1998, 10,000 seedlings were potted, 2,000 trees were planted, and about 2,700 volunteers were in attendance. These volunteers included A&M students, parents, and youth from local student councils. In 1999, about 300 trees were planted at local elementary schools, parks, and the landfill. Now Replant does fall planting days as well. Replant has now grown into one of the largest student run environmental projects in the nation. In 2000 Replant received the Community Forestry Award from the Texas Forest Service.