Our organization did some tree planting work at New River Beach Provincial Park this past September. This work was funded entirely by the Trees For Life organization as the Project Sponsor.
This provincial park is located in southwest New Brunswick, only about a thirty minute drive from the US border. Here's an overview graphic, courtesy of Google Earth:
The approximate GPS coordinates at the park entrance are: 45.136406, -66.529329
New River Beach Provincial Park is a very scenic park, overlooking a beautiful beach. When we were working in the park, there was a film crew on the beach below us, shooting an episode of Race Against The Tide, hosted by none other than Maestro Fresh Wes.
Most of the planned planting for this particular project involved planting tree seedlings where the Park staff wanted to improve visual buffers between camping sites (with existing sporadic mature trees). We also planted a few trees between the cliff edge and the fence over looking the beach. There was also a large empty field which the Park staff wants to turn into a mature stand of trees. This latter goal was important for carbon sequestration and climate change mitigation, and will provide additional habitat for birds and wildlife. Basically, several goals aligned with the work that we carried out. The following graphic shows the approximate locations for the new seedlings:
Altogether, our planting team added 16,105 trees to the Park this year!
Here are a few photos of the planting team in action:
This project went very smoothly. We were able to complete the planned planting on all of the targeted areas within this park. We expect to return at some point in the near future to add some additional hardwood seedlings to the same areas. Naturally, we will also be making regular visits back to monitor the long-term growth and health of the planted trees.
We'd like to thank the staff at NB Parks (especially Josh & Ryan) for helping make this project work, and again want to thank the Trees For Life organization for being the sponsor that made this work possible.
You can see more photos of our 2022 tree planting work on this site by going to our public 2022 Planting Photos folder on Dropbox, then going into the "New River Beach Provincial Park" sub-folder.
If you'd like to learn more about New River Beach Provincial Park, visit their web page:
parcsnbparks.info/en/parks/13/new-river-beach-provincial-park
Thanks for reading!
Replant.ca Environmental is a Canadian company that plants trees for carbon capture and builds community forests. We also plant trees in national, provincial, and municipal public parks to mitigate damage from wildfires, storms, insects, and forest diseases. We operate thanks to numerous small contributions from the general public, in addition to larger project sponsorships from businesses and corporations around the world. If you'd like to learn how to show your support, visit our donations page. Even if you aren't able to make a contribution, we very much appreciate when people are able to share our posts or our website link on social media, to help spread the word about the work that we're doing!
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