Media Information 

For Immediate Release 

Grey Towers National Historic Landmark 

Information Contact: Lori McKean 
Telephone: (570) 296-9630 
Release #: 04-11 
April 2, 2011 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 

Grey Towers Heritage Helps Re-Plant National Forests 


MILFORD, PA – Donors to the Grey Towers Heritage Association helped plant 32 trees on 
National Forests throughout the nation last year. 

Collaborating with the National Forest Foundation’s Tree For Me planting program, the GTHA 
used a portion of its member donations to help revitalize forested landscapes that have been 
damaged by severe wildfire. 

“We feel this is an appropriate and long-lasting use of a small portion of our donors’ funds,” said 
Barbara Buchanan, President of the GTHA. “Gifford Pinchot was the first chief of the US Forest 
Service and he and President Theodore Roosevelt established the National Forests. Today we are 
helping to perpetuate his legacy in so many different ways, including planting trees.” 

Grey Towers is the ancestral home of Gifford Pinchot, who also was Governor of Pennsylvania. 
The GTHA mission is to carry forward the Pinchot legacy through programs and projects at Grey 
Towers. 

The National Forest Foundation’s Tree For Me program helps cultivate countless benefits for the 
public national forests. While restoring burned and otherwise damaged forest landscapes, 
planting trees rebuilds healthy wildlife habitat, protects critical watersheds, enhances recreation 
experiences, and helps address global warming. 

For more information on how to support the GTHA and its programs visit www.greytowers.org 
or call 570-296-9625. 

USDA Forest Service, PO Box 188, Milford, PA 18337