10,000 Trees and Union Gas - Partner Again

Come and get spring started with a bang at our 5th Annual 10,000 Trees- Union Gas Tree Planting. Hosted by the 10,000 Trees Project, this planting takes place on Saturday, May 27 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the Laurel Creek Conservation Area in Waterloo. Parking is free in the lot near Laurel Creek Dam-volunteers should then follow signs to the planting site in the park. Admission to the event is free-planters/volunteers are asked to check in at the Gateway entrance to the park. On May 27, the 10,000 Trees Project is encouraging the ENTIRE family to come out and help plant nearly 150 trees. Species selected for this planting include Red Osier Dogwood, Silver Maple, Red Maple, Tamarack, Eastern Hemlock, Shining Willow and Slender Willow. This project is designed to reforest a site within the Laurel Creek Conservation Area with species specifically chosen to suit areas with consistent moisture levels. The 10,000 Trees Project is pleased once again to work in partnership with Union Gas as its main event sponsor. We are pleased to announce that this is the fifth year in a row that Union Gas has been a dedicated partner of the 10,000 Trees Project. As a sponsor of this event, the Grand River Conservation Authority will be supplying the trees for planting purchased by Union Gas as well as other materials required. Volunteers and their families will have planting instruction and assistance provided by GRCA staff. For further information, please contact Lisa Huhse, Chairperson for the 10,000 Trees Project at torhuhse@golden.net

10,000 Trees is honoured to be recognized by the Canadian Urban Institute with a 2006 Urban Leadership Award. The Urban Leadership Awards program is supported by the Ontario Trillium Foundation and honours those that have made a profound and lasting impact on the quality of Canadian urban life.

(Click here for more information about this award)

10,000 Trees is a not-for-profit, tree-roots environmental initiative begun in Waterloo in 2000 by concerned volunteers; it seeks strategically to re-forest designated growth areas.

You can do your part and help out at home, too:

• Plant trees around your home.
• Take care of newly planted and/or neglected trees - watering, pruning or fertilizing if necessary.
• Learn to identify more trees in your neighbourhood or on your property.
• List all the items in your home or place of study/work which are made from wood.
• Adopt a tree. Select one species and learn as much as possible about it.
• Visit places of forest interest - natural woodlands, plantations, wood-using industries.
• Take a "Walk in the Forest" and look, listen and observe.
• Resolve to prevent wildfires and be careful with all fire while in forested areas.