Volunteers planted over 50 trees to help replace cityâs canopy Volunteers planted over 50 trees today By WECT Staff | January 30, 2021 at 12:07 AM EST - Updated January 30 at 12:07 AM WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - Just over 50 trees were planted by 40 volunteers from the Alliance for Cape Fear Trees Friday, January 29 as part of the Wilmington Tree Initiative to replace trees lost to hurricanes. These trees, planted along Racine Drive, from Old Eastwood Road to Oriole Drive, were planted in partnership with Audi Cape Fear. For every car sold since November 2020, Audi pledged to plant a tree. Many local groups are committed to re-growing Wilmingtonâs urban forest and the goal is to plant 1739 trees by fall 2021. So far, they have planted 1600.