About Create Forest
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today
- Environmental impact: This is an ongoing project to plant trees around Canim Lake in an effort to restore native activities for the First Nations living in this area.
- Landowner: Siwash First Nation
- Planting Partner: OneTreePlanted
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today
- Environmental impact: This project is part of a 50 000 tree planting project of Lodgepole Pine, Birch and cotton wood trees in the Nemaiah Valley. This project will not only help to mitigate climate change but also provide medicine and food to the first nation communities that reside here.
- Landowner: Several First Nations
- Planting Partner: OneTreePlanted
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today
- Environmental impact: This project is part of a 70 000 tree planting project in the Brittany Triangle where 200 wild horses reside. These horses have existed before the arrival of europeans. This project aims to increase their habitat and their population.
- Planting Partner: OneTreePlanted
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past
- 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
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past
- 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
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past
- 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.
- Species planted: Honey locust, edible plants & bushes.
- Landowner: Notre-Dame-du-Portage Municipality
- Longitude and Latitude: 47.765653, -69.602118
- Planting Partner: Arbre Evolution
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past
- Environmental impact: This project rehabilitates forested area that had previously been lost due to past human activity and industrial practices.
- Species planted: Hemlock, Pine, 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
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past
- 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
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past
- 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
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