Bradford Pear Bounty

• Pre-registration is required, once available.
• Only the property owner can register and get the trees.
• Any South Carolina resident can participate and take part in the program.
• Property owners are responsible for tree removal.
• Take a photo of yourself with the cut tree (a selfie, if you will) and bring it to the exchange event.
• Replacement trees will be distributed on a first-come, first-serve basis while supplies last. If your preferred replacement tree is not available at the time of distribution, you will be provided with a healthy alternative. Specific tree species cannot be reserved ahead of the event.

Property owners are responsible for the removal of their tree. It is highly recommended that you contact a licensed tree professional to remove any trees on your property. Cut stumps should be immediately treated with an herbicide (glyphosate or triclopyr) to ensure that the stumps and large roots don’t resprout.

The Tree Care Industry Association has a lot of useful information for landowners that can benefit their safety and decision-making.

For locating a qualified tree service professional visit TCIA's "Find Qualified Tree Care" page. 

For a list of certified arborists, visit http://www.treesaregood.org/findanarborist/findanarborist

Please see the following city's website for information specific to their processes for yard waste management:

Clemson: https://www.clemsoncity.org/Departments/PublicWorks/Sanitation/tabid/274/Default.aspx 

Conway: https://www.cityofconway.com/departments/sanitation.php

Goose Creek: https://www.cityofgoosecreek.com/government/departments/public-works/sanitation

Lexington: https://www.lexsc.com/208/Sanitation

Sumter: https://www.sumtersc.gov/publicservices/sanitation/debris

An invasive species has three main characteristics:

• They are not naturally from the area in which they’re now present
• They create economic or ecological damage
• They displace native species

Generally speaking, invasive species grow quite rapidly and thrive in many different conditions (e.g. shade, sun, dry, wet, poor soils, hillsides, disturbed areas). A large number of invasive-exotic vegetative species are heavy seed producers (or produce seed in abundance).

While invasive species may provide shelter for wildlife (e.g. bird nests) they do not provide much food – especially for birds that eat insects – because very few insects eat the leaves of invasive species.