Healthy forests provide many important functions on the landscape including habitat for wildlife, improvement of air quality, surface and ground water quality.
Programs and services
If you're thinking of planting trees, the stewardship team at Kawartha Conservation can assist you in a variety of ways including, arranging a site visit to assess your land, review your plans and discuss any available funding opportunities.
Seedling sale |
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The annual tree seedling sale allows landowners across the watershed to purchase native tree seedlings in bulk. We offer a great selection of evergreen and deciduous trees and shrubs as well as several advancing species, which are not currently found in the watershed but are migrating from the south as the climate warms. The seedling sale opens each winter and seedlings are delivered in early spring. |
Apply for a grant |
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You may be eligible to recieve a grant to help you establish a new forest, plant windbreaks, or enlarge or connect existing forests through our landowner grants. These grants provide funding for projects like tree planting and many other restoration initiatives. |
50 Million Tree Program |
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We work with the Forests Ontario - 50 Million Tree Program to find suitable locations for large scale tree planting, which helps increase land value, improve soil quality and improve the health of the local environment. |
Community action
Each year we participate in TD Tree Days as technical advisors, ensuring the right tree is properly planted in the right place. This partnership allows us to involve the community in growing the urban canopy across our watershed and increase our resilience to climate change.
The Kawartha Water Fund - Community Grant helps community groups implement actions recommended in our lake management plans within the City of Kawartha Lakes.