Where do we plant trees
Atlantic & North, Canada
- Environmental impact: This project ensures reforestation of abandoned farmlands to help re-establish important watershed and wildlife corridors.
- Species planted: red spruce, white spruce, white pine, Eastern white cedar, Eastern hemlock, red oak
- Landowner: Privately held lands
- Longitude and Latitude: 46°07’40.3″N 63°57’30.9″W
- Planting Partner: Tree Canada
Québec, Canada
- Environmental impact: This project replaces pine trees affected by a fungal disease called “gall rust”.
- Trees planted in this region are vital to the protection of local watershed and wildlife.
- Species planted: Red pine
- Landowner: Privately held lands
- Longitude and Latitude: 46°00’53.0″N 76°08’37.4″W
- Planting Partner: Tree Canada
Ontario, Canada
- Environmental impact: This project rehabilitates forested area that had previously been lost due to past human activity and industrial practices.
- Species planted: Hemlock, Ironwood, Yellow birch
- Landowner: Publicly held lands (City of Sudbury)
- Longitude and Latitude: 46°32’02.8″N 80°46’05.2″W, 46°25’37.9″N 80°57’45.7″W and 46°36’18.4″N 80°50’13.2″W
- Planting Partner: Tree Canada
Prairies, Canada
- Environmental impact: This project reforests areas devastated by the 2016 tornado. Trees planted will help to protect the watershed and wildlife habitat, while also serving as a barrier from the provincial highway.
- Species planted: White spruce
- Landowner: Long Plain First Nation
- Longitude and Latitude: 49°52’50.0″N 98°27’09.6″W
- Planting Partner: Tree Canada
British Columbia, Canada
- Environmental impact: This project re-establishes forest cover devastated by Mountain Pine and Spruce Beetle. Trees will protect wildlife habitat and preserve forested paths and recreational areas.
- Species planted: Lodge Pole Pine & Hybrid Spruce
- Landowner: Chingee family traditional territory (Mcleod Lake Indian Band)
- Longitude and Latitude: 54°48’36.0″N 123°07’44.9″W
- Planting Partner: Tree Canada
Notre-Dame-du-Portage, Québec, Canada
- Environmental impact: This is a project carried by the municipality of Notre-Dame-du-Portage, which seeks to improve a sector of its territory heavily used by its citizens for walking in the forest. The chosen parcel is crossed by various trails that complete a loop including a recreational space. The targeted site is the northern portion of farmland owned by the community.
- Trees planted: 250 and edible plants & bushes.
- Landowner: Notre-Dame-du-Portage Municipality
- GPS Coordinate: 47.765653, -69.602118
- Planting Partner: Arbre Évolution