Tree Planting Project at the Luciphy West Carbon Plantation (2022)

Here's a post to share some info about another of our carbon sequestration projects.  The tree planting work on this site in southeastern New Brunswick was done in the spring and fall of 2022.  The work was done at a site near the northwest end of Luciphy Road, close to the northeast end of the Brooklyn Road.  From this site, the town of Sackville (our home base of operations) is about fifteen minutes away.

 

This site was formerly owned privately by a third party, and that landowner harvested the wood recently.  We were able to acquire the property after it was harvested, then designed a plan to turn it into an environmental project to help mitigate climate change (we will never allow it to be harvested again).  Based on the site characteristics, we decided that this particular property should be part of our group of carbon capture plantations.

 

 

The GPS coordinates at the center of this site are:  45.98869, -64.23508

The primary purpose of this project was to support climate stability through carbon sequestration.  As a side benefit, this site will support biodiversity and wildlife habitat.

In total, the planting team added 31,900 coniferous seedlings on this site (which covers 43.3 acres, with three distinct open areas).  Although the site already shows some evidence of natural regeneration of white birch, red maple, yellow birch, and other hardwoods, we plan to enhance the mix of deciduous species on this site in the near future, as availability permits.  Diverse forests are healthy forests.

Here are a few more photos taken during the planting of this project, which took place in April, May, and September of 2022 (multiple visits with different species):
 

 

 

 

 

 

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.

You can see several dozen additional photos of the work on this planting site by visiting our public 2022 Planting Photos folder on Dropbox (go into the "Luciphy West Carbon Plantation" sub-folder).

 

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 at the Luciphy East Bird Sanctuary (2022)

Here's a post to share some info about another one of our bird sanctuary projects.  Replant.ca Environmental did the tree planting work on this site in southeastern New Brunswick in September 2022.  The work was done at a site on the Luciphy Road.  The site is being turned into a bird sanctuary.  We call this the Luciphy East site because we also have a carbon sequestration project on Luciphy Road, just a bit further to the west.  All funding and support for this project was provided by One Tree Planted, which is an amazing organization that fundraises and supports the planting of trees on a global scale.

   

This site was formerly owned privately by a third party, and that landowner harvested the wood recently.  We were able to acquire the property after it was harvested, then designed a plan to turn it into a nature reserve (we will never allow it to be harvested again).  Based on the site characteristics, we decided that this particular property should be part of our group of bird sanctuary sites.

    

The GPS coordinates at the front of this site are:  45.97729, -64.22022

The primary purpose of this project was to create and support biodiversity and wildlife habitat.  A secondary purpose was to support climate stability through carbon sequestration.

This particular site was a prime opportunity to create another bird sanctuary, as it met all four of our main criteria for site selection:  (1) Excellent access to the edge of the property on public roads; (2) Not a complete clear-cut, so there is existing mature nesting habitat; (3) Suitable "moderate" size of between 10 and 50 acres (this particular site is approximately 39.0 acres); and (4) contains flowing water, which will attract and support a broader diversity of species.

In total, our team planted 24,558 trees on this site, with the majority consisting of a mix of red spruce, eastern white pine, and white pine.  Although the site already shows some evidence of natural regeneration of white birch, red maple, yellow birch, and other hardwoods, we plan to enhance the mix of deciduous species on this site in the near future, as availability permits.  Diverse forests are healthy forests.

Here are a few more photos taken during the planting of this project, which took place on three different dates during September of 2022:
 

 

 

 

 

 

We look forward to watching this site grow over the next several years, and will eventually open it up for public access.

Again, many thanks to the wonderful team at One Tree Planted - without their funding and support, this project never would have happened!

You can see several dozen additional photos of our work on this planting site by visiting our public 2022 Planting Photos folder on Dropbox (go into the "Luciphy East" sub-folder).

 

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.