Our organization did some tree planting work at Herring Cove Provincial Park this past September. This work was funded entirely by the Forests Canada organization through their Forest Recovery Canada initiative as the Project Sponsor.
This provincial park is located in the very southwest corner of New Brunswick, on Campobello Island (which is northeast of Grand Manan Island). From the United States, Herring Cove is only a six minute drive from the border bridge at Lubec Narrows. From our home base in Canada, the route is slightly more complicated, involving two ferry crossings in each direction, first to Deer Island and then on to Campobello Island. Here's an overview graphic, courtesy of Google Earth:
The approximate GPS coordinates at the park visitor centre are: 44.87716, -66.93423
Most of the 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 in some open areas that should be returned to forest land, and in parts of the understory where the canopy could use eventual thickening and diversity. The afforestation and the underplanting with both be 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:
In total, our planting team added 13,443 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 current-year targeted areas within this park. We expect to return at some point in the near future to add more seedlings to additional 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 for helping with the logistical planning that ensured this project came together, and we again want to thank the Forests Canada organization for being the sponsor that made this work possible.
You can see more photos of our tree planting work at this site by visiting our Planting Photos folder on Dropbox, then going into the "2024 Planting Photos" folder, then into the "Herring Cove Provincial Park" sub-folder. Start here:
www.replant-environmental.ca/photos
If you'd like to learn more about Herring Cove Provincial Park, visit their web page:
www.parcsnbparks.info/en/parks/6/herring-cove-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!
To learn more about the various species that we plant, visit the conifers page or the deciduous (hardwoods) page on our website. Thanks so much for your interest!
Incidentally, our organization is often seeking additional land for our carbon capture projects. Please visit this link if you might know of a recently-harvested property that we could rebuild into a permanent legacy forest.
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