This Fall, Otonabee Conservation is celebrating National Forest Week and our 60th Anniversary with tree plantings throughout our watershed.
Each year, National Forest Week encourages Canadians to learn more about our forest heritage and increases awareness about the value of forests as a fundamental part of our culture, traditions, economy, and history.
Members of Council in each of the Otonabee Region Watershed Municipalities will join with Otonabee Conservation staff to plant a native species in commemoration of the long-standing relationship with the Conservation Authority and to celebrate National Forest Week.
“Planting a tree is one single action that helps support a number of environmental outcomes,” Shares Dan Marinigh, Chief Administrative Officer at Otonabee Conservation, “Planting trees with our municipal partners is a way for us to leave a natural legacy for years to come, while highlighting the necessary work we do together to protect our watershed.”
Planting trees helps regulate temperatures and provides shelter to wildlife; trees also filter the air we breathe, capture carbon dioxide mitigating climate change, and stabilize the ground preventing erosion and reducing stormwater runoff and flooding.
Plantings will take place in each of the Municipalities, as follows:
- September 24 at 12:15pm | Asphodel-Norwood | Norwood Millpond
- September 24 at 5:00pm | Selwyn | Township Office
- September 25 at 2:00pm | City Of Peterborough | Rogers Cove
- September 26 at 10:00am | Trent Hills | Hastings Marina
- October 15 at 4:14pm | Douro-Dummer | Municipal Office
- October 21 at 5:15pm | Otonabee-South Monaghan | Municipal Office
- Date and time TBD | Cavan Monaghan | Location
- Date and time TBD | City of Kawartha Lakes | Location
To learn more about the importance of forests and for ways to celebrate National Forest Week, follow Otonabee Conservation on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter at @OtonabeeC.
Event Details
Event Date: Sep. 28 - 28, 2019
Venue Details
8 Municipalities in the Otonabee Region Watershed