Tree Planting Project in Fundy Trail Provincial Park, New Brunswick (2025)

Our organization did some more tree planting work in the Fundy Trail Provincial Park this past September (2025).  This work was funded entirely by the Forests Canada organization as the Project Sponsor.

 

Within this provincial park, the Fundy Trail Parkway is a 30 kilometer long drive , hugging the coastal cliffs along southern New Brunswick.  It has stunning views of the Bay of Fundy, and the area encompasses two separate UNESCO designated sites (the Fundy Biosphere Reserve and the Stanhammer Global GeoPark).  The area is also home to the start of the "Fundy Footpath" hiking path, which is rated as one of the top fifty hiking trails in the world!  Fundy National Park is very close.

The Parkway started off as a not-for-profit and charitable park (not part of Fundy National Park) which was run by a skills-based board of directors, who were appointed for three-year terms by New Brunswick's Minister of Tourism, Culture, and Heritage.  The Parkway has recently been designated as one of New Brunswick's provincial parks.

Here's a graphic showing the approximate region where we were working:

 

The approximate GPS coordinates at the Info Centre (close to where our team started) are:  45.490804, -65.308758

 

The Parkway was built very recently.  Sections of it opened in 2020, and the remaining connector from Alma opened in June of 2022.  A number of gravel and borrow pits were needed during the construction phase, and our past work involved the remediation of several of these areas, adding trees so the pits (which have been filled in) will be eventually be covered with forest again.  In addition to the visual value of obscuring the landscape scars, there are also the obvious benefits of increasing carbon sequestration and providing additional habitat for birds and other animals.  Basically, several goals aligned with the work that we carried out. 

For our 2025 project, the majority of our work focused upon planting trees in a recent addition to the park's land base, a hundred-acre property in Cradle Brook that a previous private owner had logged, which the province managed to acquire to become part of the park.  These new trees will now be protected and allowed to grow in perpetuity.

We planted 90,445 more trees in Fundy Trail Provincial Park during the 2025 phase of our multi-year project to help improve the park! 

Here are a few photos of the planting team in action:

 

This project went very smoothly.  We expect to return in 2026 to add some additional seedlings in areas which are not yet complete.  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 & Osman) for helping make this project work, and 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 "2025 Planting Photos" folder, then into the "Fundy Trail Parkway" sub-folder.  Start here:

    www.replant-environmental.ca/photos

 

If you'd like to learn more about the Fundy Trail Provincial Park, visit their web page:

www.nbparks.ca/en/parks/35/fundy-trail-provincial-park

Thanks for reading!

- Jonathan Clark

www.replant-environmental.ca

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.

 

  

 

 

Tree Planting Project in Tantramar, New Brunswick (2024)

Here's a post about another carbon sequestration project that we recently completed on behalf of one of our Sponsor Partners.  The tree planting work on this site in southeastern New Brunswick was done in the Spring of 2024.  The work was done at a large site on the side of the TransCanada Highway, just west of Sackville.  The planting on this site was entirely sponsored by One Tree Planted.

 

This site was harvested about a decade and a half ago, by a third party, and our goal was to help rebuild a new forest there.  The site is large and easily accessible, and might be a great site for a public park in the future.  It is fairly close to Sackville's Beech Hill Park, which has some nice recreation trails, and trails on this site could complement those that are already built in the area.

As noted, although we hope to provide future opportunities for public recreation on this site, the primary initial purpose of this project was to support climate stability through carbon sequestration.  As a side benefit, this site will support biodiversity and wildlife habitat.  There were already some healthy trees growing on this site (mostly balsam fir, white spruce, American beech, trembling aspen, red maple, and white birch) so we were able to plant at fairly low density, adding only 33,750 more trees (mostly eastern white pine seedlings) into open areas on this 121.8 acre site.  Diverse forests are healthy forests, and eastern white pine is an especially appealing native tree when considering possible negative future climate change scenarios.

Here are a few more photos taken during the planting of this project, which took place in late April of 2024:
 

 

 

 

 

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 "Tantramar Rec Trails" sub-folder.  Start here:

    www.replant-environmental.ca/photos

 

We look forward to studying this site in the coming years.  We will be doing periodic surveys to assess the carbon capture progress of the new forest, and hope to start exploring the possibility of building recreational trails in 2027.

Again, a huge thanks to One Tree Planted, the sponsors and lead on this major project.

 

Thanks for reading!

- Jonathan Clark

www.replant-environmental.ca

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.

 

 

 

 

 

Tree Planting at the Fundy Trail Provincial Park, New Brunswick (2024)

Our organization did some more tree planting work in the Fundy Trail Provincial Park this past April and September.  This work was funded entirely by the Beam Suntory organization as the Project Sponsor.  Among other brands within their Canadian portfolio, Beam Suntory are the distillers of Alberta Pure Vodka.

 

Within this provincial park, the Fundy Trail Parkway is a 30 kilometer long drive , hugging the coastal cliffs along southern New Brunswick.  It has stunning views of the Bay of Fundy, and the area encompasses two separate UNESCO designated sites (the Fundy Biosphere Reserve and the Stanhammer Global GeoPark).  The area is also home to the start of the "Fundy Footpath" hiking path, which is rated as one of the top fifty hiking trails in the world!  Fundy National Park is very close.

The Parkway started off as a not-for-profit and charitable park (not part of Fundy National Park) which was run by a skills-based board of directors, who were appointed for three-year terms by New Brunswick's Minister of Tourism, Culture, and Heritage.  The Parkway has recently been designated as one of New Brunswick's provincial parks.

Here's a graphic showing the approximate region where we were working:

 

The approximate GPS coordinates at the Info Centre (close to where our team started) are:  45.490804, -65.308758

 

The Parkway was built very recently.  Sections of it opened in 2020, and the remaining connector from Alma opened in June of 2022.  A number of gravel and borrow pits were needed during the construction phase, and our work involved the remediation of several of these areas, adding trees so the pits (which have been filled in) will be eventually be covered with forest again.  In addition to the visual value of obscuring the landscape scars, there are also the obvious benefits of increasing carbon sequestration and providing additional habitat for birds and other animals.  Basically, several goals aligned with the work that we carried out. 

We had planted some of the gravel pits in 2022, and we continued work in other areas for this project in 2024.  Altogether, our planting team added 31,446 more trees to the Parkway with the 2024 phase of the project!  

Here are a few photos of the planting team in action:

 

 

 

 

 

 

This project went very smoothly.  We expect to return in 2025 to add some additional seedlings in areas which are not yet complete.  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 & Osman) for helping make this project work, and again want to thank the Beam Suntory 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 "Fundy Trail Parkway" sub-folder.  Start here:

    www.replant-environmental.ca/photos

 

If you'd like to learn more about the Fundy Trail Provincial Park, visit their web page:

www.fundytrailparkway.com

Thanks for reading!

- Jonathan Clark

www.replant-environmental.ca

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.

 

 

 

 

 

Tree Planting Project, Skyline Trail (Cape Breton, Nova Scotia)

This past Fall (2024), one of the Replant.ca Environmental teams finished up a small environmental reforestation project in Cape Breton, near Cheticamp.

This project took place on the north side of Cape Breton Island.  The goal for this project was to add some new native tree species to the area just east of the fenced area that surrounds the observation platform.  This area is subject to strong winds, and trees tend to grow very slowly here.  Adding seedlings of native species will help to kick-start the regeneration of the former forest.  Our role in this project was to be a service provider.  Parks Canada was the organization that planned and sponsored the project.

 

Here's a graphic (courtesy of Google Earth) showing the location of the Skyline Trail, which is a very well-known tourist attraction within Cape Breton Highlands National Park:

 

We also did a separate larger project within the Park this year (on North Mountain), and another small project on near Ingonish (the Mary Ann Falls bike trail).

Here are a few photos of the team in action at Skyline:

 

 

 

 

We planted a variety of native species in this patch of future forest:  Sugar maple, eastern white pine, eastern larch, white birch, green alder, and balsam fir.

 

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 "Skyline Trail" sub-folder.  Start here:

    www.replant-environmental.ca/photos

 

We'd like to thank Anne-Claude and her staff for their hospitality and support while we were on site, and to Parks Canada for putting together this proactive project.  It's a really enjoyable area to hike!

Jonathan "Scooter" Clark

www.replant-environmental.ca

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, corporations, and NGO's 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! 

 

Tree Planting Project, Mary Ann Fall Road (Cape Breton, Nova Scotia)

This past month (November 2024), Replant.ca Environmental finished up a small environmental restoration project in Cape Breton, near Ingonish.

This project took place on the east side of Cape Breton Island, just around the corner to the north of the Broad Cove Campground.  There used to be a rough gravel truck road that led up to the bridge by the Falls, but the Park has been using contractors to turn the area into a recreational trail for bikers and hikers.  The goal was to restore the old road to a more natural state, for the purpose of environmental restoration, and at the same time to provide additional public opportunities for outdoor recreation.  Our role in this project was to be a service provider, planting trees off to either side of the special compacted bike trail going up to the Fall.  Parks Canada was the organization that planned and sponsored this project.

 

Here's a graphic (courtesy of Google Earth) showing the location of the new bike trail, which is almost seven kilometers in length:

 

This trail falls within the confines of Cape Breton Highlands National Park.  We also did a separate larger project within the Park this year (on North Mountain), and another small project on the Skyline Trail.

Here are a few photos of the seedlings and of the team in action at Mary Ann Falls Road:

 

 

 

 

 

We planted a variety of species in the reclaimed sections beside the new bike trail:  Sugar maple, eastern white pine, eastern larch, white birch, black spruce, green alder, and balsam fir.

 

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 "Mary Ann Falls" sub-folder.  Start here:

    www.replant-environmental.ca/photos

 

We'd like to thank Anne-Claude and her staff for their hospitality and support while we were on site, and to Parks Canada for putting together this proactive project.  It's a really enjoyable area to hike or bike!

Jonathan "Scooter" Clark

www.replant-environmental.ca

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, corporations, and NGO's 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! 

 

Tree Planting Project at the Fundy Trail Parkway, New Brunswick (2022)

Edit:  The post on this page refers to work in Fundy Provincial Park in 2022.  To learn more about the subsequent 2024 phase of planting in this park, visit:

    www.replant-environmental.blogspot.com/2024/11/tree-planting-at-fundy-trail-provincial.html

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Our organization did some tree planting work in the Fundy Trail Parkway this past September (2022).  This work was funded entirely by the Trees For Life organization as the Project Sponsor.

 

The Fundy Trail Parkway is a 30 kilometer long drive through a 2500+ hectare park, hugging the coastal cliffs along southern New Brunswick.  It has stunning views of the Bay of Fundy, and the area encompasses two separate UNESCO designated sites (the Fundy Biosphere Reserve and the Stanhammer Global GeoPark).  The area is also home to the start of the "Fundy Footpath" hiking path, which is rated as one of the top fifty hiking trails in the world!  Fundy National Park is very close.

The Parkway is a not-for-profit and charitable park (not part of Fundy National Park) run by a skills-based board of directors, who are appointed for three-year terms by New Brunswick's Minister of Tourism, Culture, and Heritage.

Here's a graphic showing the approximate region where we were working:

 

The approximate GPS coordinates at the Info Centre (close to where we started) are:  45.490804, -65.308758

 

The Parkway was built very recently.  Sections of it opened in 2020, and the remaining connector from Alma opened in June of 2022.  A number of gravel and borrow pits were needed during the construction phase, and our work involved the remediation of several of these areas, adding trees so the leveled pits will be eventually be covered with forest again.  In addition to the visual value of obscuring the landscape scars, there are also the obvious benefits of increasing carbon sequestration and providing additional habitat for birds and other animals.  Basically, several goals aligned with the work that we carried out.  The following graphic shows the approximate locations for the new seedlings that we've planted so far:

 

Altogether, our planting team added 20,199 trees to the Parkway with this first phase of the project!  Some of the gravel pits were still in operation when we were planting, but we'll be able to revisit those additional areas in the future, as they get decommissioned.

Here are a few photos of the planting team in action:

 

 

 

This project went very smoothly, despite heavy rains when we were planting.  We were able to complete the planned planting on a significant number of the targeted areas within this park.  We are scheduled to complete the remainder of the openings in 2023 or 2024.  We also 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 & Devin) 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 "Fundy Trail Parkway" sub-folder.

If you'd like to learn more about the Fundy Trail Parkway, visit their web page:

www.fundytrailparkway.com

Thanks for reading!

- Jonathan Clark

www.replant-environmental.ca

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.