Canadian Geographic Article Features
 Trees Ontario and the Ontario Government's 50 Million Tree Program

May 25, 2010 - "Ontario’s government has an ambitious plan to reforest the most populated part of Canada. First, it must grapple with libertarian landowners and fragmented landscapes — and the fact that it got out of the business of planting trees."

" 'We connect the dots between landowners and the planting agencies in their area,' says Trees Ontario director of operations Rob Keen. That entails everything from holding tree-planting workshops in town halls to sending out slick press releases that drum up landowner interest. Moreover, the agency must hold together a tenuous mix of seed collectors, tree-planting companies and nurseries that are all in the business of making money. From all these efforts, Trees Ontario hopes to ultimately increase annual planting in southern Ontario to 10 million trees per year."

Click here to read the full article, "50 Million Trees," by Fraser Los, featured in the June 2010, Canadian Geographic Biodiversity issue.

Photo by: Tobin Grimshaw from "50 Million Trees," Canadian Geographic.