Trees For All
Welcome to the NPCA's Get Involved portal!
The Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority has partnered with local community groups, environmental agencies, and government organizations that share a common interest in helping Canada reach its goal of planting 2 Billion Trees for a better tomorrow. Together we have formed the Niagara Peninsula Tree Planting Partnership, striving to bring as many trees to the Niagara Peninsula watershed as possible.
In early 2023, we launched the 'Trees For All' campaign, seeking private landowner to express their interest in tree plantings opportunities on their property to include as part of a planting grant application and to help shape the Trees For All program. More than 800 landowners in Niagara, Haldimand, and Hamilton registered... THANK YOU.
Using this planting opportunity inventory, we submitted funding applications to both the Federal 2 Billion Trees Small Scale Rural and Urban/Suburban tree planting streams in June, with aspirations to plant 1 million trees across the Niagara Watershed by 2031. And now we wait for some good news!
Please refer to the 'Newsfeed' below to read the July 2023 update.
ABOUT THIS PAGE:
This portal is home to important documents for landowners and participants, a project timeline on this exciting initiative, a mapping tool for landowners to record interest and pin their location, and several online engagement tools to provide feedback and share stories and ideas.
WAYS TO GET INVOLVED:
Express your interest by registering your property, contact information, and ideas. This only means we will get in touch to learn more about you and your property soon! (confidential, no obligation!)This phase has now concluded. A second call for applications to come in 2024.- Share an idea for consideration, or a story you think is of interest to partners, the community, and other landowners.
- Ask us a question and we will get back to you with more information.
- Share information on the Trees For All initiative with your own network and encourage other landowners to register their interest.
- Learn more about this initiative by reading supporting documents and information found on this page.
- Donate directly to the Niagara Peninsula Conservation Foundation.
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Trees For All- July 2023 Update
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The landowner and property data gathered in the spring of 2023 was used to submit funding applications to both the Federal 2 Billion Trees Small Scale Rural and Urban/Suburban tree planting streams in early June, with aspirations to plant 1 million trees across the Niagara Peninsula watershed by 2031.
Since then, we have received some initial inquiries related to the application and are waiting to hear back from the federal government on the success of our applications by December 2023. In the meantime, we continue to optimistically prepare to begin planting in the spring of 2024.
Every landowner application has been assessed and admitted into the program, and we are in the process of confirming our projected multi-year planting schedules.
- In considering ease of implementation once private land tree plantings begin in 2024, we have prioritized high volume opportunities (500+ trees per site) and have already connected with these landowners.
- We aim to contact those currently projected for planting in 2025 and beyond as soon as plans for 2024 are solidified. Subsequent years will follow this same process.
- Approximately 200 small residential properties estimated to hold less than 100 trees will also be contacted in the future with more information and next steps.
- Some sites, particularly those leaning towards reforestation, remain unscheduled as more time is required to assess planting needs, develop planting plans, and schedule specialized forestry resources.
Every landowner and property is valuable to this important project and we appreciate everyone's patience as we continue to follow up with more information, to schedule site visits, and confirm planting plans in the upcoming months. We have updated our Frequently Asked Questions and encourage all landowners to review these.Since the program proposes a total of 1 million trees planted in the Niagara Peninsula watershed by 2030, should we be successful with our funding application, we anticipate launching a second callout for private landowner applications in 2024 to help reach this goal.
In the event that the Niagara Peninsula Tree Planting Partnership does not receive Federal 2 Billion Tree funding, the NPCA will endeavor to address the planting opportunities through its existing Restoration Grant Program and services, albeit likely through alternate planting scheduling.
Trees For All Goals:
- Set the Niagara Peninsula Tree Planting Partnership as a local aggregator for tree planting services in the Niagara Peninsula watershed;
- Plant 1 million trees by 2031 on both private and public lands with high civic engagement through community plantings;
- Enhance implementation services by prioritizing site preparation and tree maintenance complementary to planting activities and through prescription by forestry and ecological restoration professionals to ensure tree survival and optimize environmental co-benefits; and
- Establish and coordinate a formal community of practice for Carolinian seed collection in the Niagara Peninsula watershed, to source and supply native stock of sufficient variety and build biodiversity resilience through plantings.
YourTV Niagara segment on NPCA Restoration Initiatives & Trees For All
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The NPCA is taking action to restore and improve water quality, wildlife habitat and forest cover across the NPCA watershed.
In 2019, the NPCA has launched a revitalized restoration program and we have since been working with private landowners on various projects. This video showcases a great example of this work.
