Tree Planting Project in Cape Breton Highlands National Park (2025)

This past Fall (2025), Replant.ca Environmental was able to do more work on a long-term tree planting project in Cape Breton Highlands National Park.  This work was part of a ongoing project on North Mountain that we're committed to for the next several years.

Cape Breton Highlands National Park (CBHNP) is located within the northern half of Cape Breton, which is the northeast end of the province of Nova Scotia.  If you're trying to drive there, it's about an four hour drive from Halifax.  North Mountain is located between Cheticamp and Cape North.

This multi-year project was designed and implemented under the direction of Nova Scotia's Clean Foundation, with financial assistance from the Province of Nova Scotia.

 

Here's a graphic (courtesy of Google Earth) showing the approximate location of our planting sites:

CBHNP is characterized predominantly by balsam fir and white spruce trees, with pockets of mountain ash (dogberry), tamarack (eastern larch), red maple, white birch, eastern white pine, and some other deciduous species.

Most of CBHNP consists of rolling hills covered with forests.  However, the Park also has a number of previously forested areas which were devastated by the spruce budworm a few decades ago, and which have failed to re-establish due to the large moose population. At the moment, the moose population is down quite a bit from historical averages, which presents an opportunity to re-establish more forest cover.

Here are a few photos of this year's team in action:

 

The work was quite challenging.  There was a lot of brush and vegetation to work through, and we had to climb over a lot of fallen tree trunks which were hidden in the vegetation.  Also, access is quite remote, requiring helicopters to get the crew and the trees into the planting sites each day.  This is quite tricky, because the weather is very unpredictable on North Mountain, and helicopters can't fly in fog or low clouds.

We were very pleased to act as a supply partner to the Clean Foundation on this project, doing the boots-on-the-ground tree planting work while they managed the project concept and provided financial backing and logistical support.

The 2025 project was especially challenging due to the heat wave and extreme drought that Nova Scotia experienced in the summer, lasting until just a few weeks before we started to plant.  At one point, the public was prohibited from all activities on crown land throughout the province, and our helicopters were off fighting wildfire (thankfully helping to protect lives and property).  We were quite happy when it started to rain shortly before we were scheduled to begin the project. 

All in all, despite the challenges, this project was a very rewarding experience!  We planted 217,889 trees in the Park in 2025.

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 "Cape Breton Highlands National Park" sub-folder.  Start here:

    www.replant-environmental.ca/photos

 

We'd especially like to thank everyone for their hospitality and logistical support while we were on site.  Special shout-outs to Anne-Claude and Peter from Parks Canada, Cayla and Hannah from the Department of Natural Resources, Sean & Don from Strathlorne, and Beth and the other staff at Clean Foundation.

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 NGO's, 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!

 

Tree Planting Project in Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland (2025)

This past Fall (2025), Replant.ca Environmental was able to assist with more tree planting work in Gros Morne National Park.  Gros Morne is located on the west coast of Newfoundland, near Rocky Harbour.  If you're trying to drive there, it's about an hour north of Corner Brook (or four hours of driving north of the ferry terminal in Port Aux Basques).  This project was organized and sponsored by Parks Canada.

  

Here's a graphic (courtesy of Google Earth) showing the approximate location of our planting sites:

Gros Morne is characterized predominantly by black spruce trees, with pockets of balsam fir, mountain ash (dogberry), tamarack (eastern larch), mountain maple, white birch, and some other deciduous species.

Some of Gros Morne consists of rolling hills covered with forests.  Visitors will also discover exposed rock faces, bogs, ponds, and wetlands.  Gros Morne unfortunately has a number of previously forested areas which were devastated by the spruce budworm several decades ago, which have failed to re-establish.  These significant gaps in the forest canopy become more apparent when flying over the Park at low altitudes.

Here are a few photos of our team in action:

The work was quite challenging.  Although the photos above don't show the most challenging ground, there was a lot of brush and vegetation to work through, and there were a lot of fallen tree trunks hidden in the grass and vegetation.  Also, all of the planting sites required helicopters for access, which can frequently lead to significant downtime since helicopters often can't fly in Newfoundland's [frequent] foggy weather.  However, our team loved the experience of getting to visit Newfoundland again.  This wasn't our first time working here, as we did similar projects in 2023 and 2024.  We planted approximately 300,000 trees in Gros Morne in 2025, and are expecting to head back in the Fall of 2026 to plant another 200,000 trees.

All in all, this project was a very rewarding experience!

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 "Gros Morne National Park" sub-folder.  Start here:

    www.replant-environmental.ca/photos

 

We'd especially like to thank Darroch Whitaker and the rest of the staff at Gros Morne for their hospitality and logistical support while we were on site.

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 NGO's, 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!

 

Tree Planting Project in Cape Breton Highlands National Park (2024)

This past Fall (2024), Replant.ca Environmental was able to do more work on a long-term tree planting project in Cape Breton Highlands National Park.  This work was part of a ongoing project on North Mountain that we're committed to for the next several years.

Cape Breton Highlands National Park (CBHNP) is located within the northern half of Cape Breton, which is the northeast end of the province of Nova Scotia.  If you're trying to drive there, it's about an four hour drive from Halifax.  North Mountain is located between Cheticamp and Cape North.

This multi-year project was designed and implemented under the direction of Nova Scotia's Clean Foundation, with financial assistance from the Province of Nova Scotia.

 

Here's a graphic (courtesy of Google Earth) showing the approximate location of our planting sites:

CBHNP is characterized predominantly by balsam fir and white spruce trees, with pockets of mountain ash (dogberry), tamarack (eastern larch), red maple, white birch, eastern white pine, and some other deciduous species.

Most of CBHNP consists of rolling hills covered with forests.  However, the Park also has a number of previously forested areas which were devastated by the spruce budworm a few decades ago, and which have failed to re-establish due to the large moose population. At the moment, the moose population is down quite a bit from historical averages, which presents an opportunity to re-establish more forest cover.

Here are a few photos of this year's team in action:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The work was quite challenging.  There was a lot of brush and vegetation to work through, and we had to climb over a lot of fallen tree trunks which were hidden in the vegetation.  Also, access is quite remote, requiring helicopters to get the crew and the trees into the planting sites each day.  This is quite tricky, because the weather is very unpredictable on North Mountain, and helicopters can't fly in fog or low clouds.

We were very pleased to act as a supply partner to the Clean Foundation on this project, doing the boots-on-the-ground tree planting work while they managed the project concept and provided financial backing and logistical support.

All in all, despite the challenges, this project was a very rewarding experience!

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 "Cape Breton Highlands National Park" sub-folder.  Start here:

    www.replant-environmental.ca/photos

 

We'd especially like to thank everyone for their hospitality and logistical support while we were on site.  Special shout-outs to Anne-Claude and Peter from Parks Canada, Cayla and Hannah from the Department of Natural Resources, Sean & Don from Strathlorne, and Beth and the other staff at Clean Foundation.

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 NGO's, 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!

 

Tree Planting Project in Gros Morne, Newfoundland (2024)

This past Fall (2024), Replant.ca Environmental was able to assist with more tree planting work in Gros Morne National Park.  Gros Morne is located on the west coast of Newfoundland, near Rocky Harbour.  If you're trying to drive there, it's about an hour north of Corner Brook (or four hours of driving north of the ferry terminal in Port Aux Basques).  This project was organized and sponsored by Parks Canada.

  

Here's a graphic (courtesy of Google Earth) showing the approximate location of our planting sites:

Gros Morne is characterized predominantly by black spruce trees, with pockets of balsam fir, mountain ash (dogberry), tamarack (eastern larch), mountain maple, white birch, and some other deciduous species.

Some of Gros Morne consists of rolling hills covered with forests.  Visitors will also discover exposed rock faces, bogs, ponds, and wetlands.  Gros Morne unfortunately has a number of previously forested areas which were devastated by the spruce budworm several decades ago, which have failed to re-establish.  These significant gaps in the forest canopy become more apparent when flying over the Park at low altitudes.

Here are a few photos of our team in action:

 

 

 

 

 

 

The work was quite challenging.  Although the photos above don't show the most challenging ground, there was a lot of brush and vegetation to work through, and there were a lot of fallen tree trunks hidden in the grass and vegetation.  Also, all of the planting sites required helicopters for access, which can frequently lead to significant downtime since helicopters often can't fly in Newfoundland's [frequent] foggy weather.  However, our team loved the experience of getting to visit Newfoundland again.  This wasn't our first time working here, as we did a similar project in 2023.  Our numbers this year were higher though, with approximately 300,000 trees planted in Gros Morne in 2024.

All in all, this project was a very rewarding experience!

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 "Gros Morne National Park" sub-folder.  Start here:

    www.replant-environmental.ca/photos

 

We'd especially like to thank Darroch Whitaker and the rest of the staff at Gros Morne for their hospitality and logistical support while we were on site.

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 NGO's, 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!

 

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!