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 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 République Provincial Park, in Edmundston NB (2022)

Our organization did some tree planting work at République 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 northwest New Brunswick, very close to the Quebec border.  Here's an overview graphic, courtesy of Google Earth:

The approximate GPS coordinates at the park entrance are:  47.440068, -68.395934

 

République Provincial Park is a very busy park, located directly adjacent to the TransCanada Highway.  It is also open year-round, which is a rare pleasure within the NB provincial park system.  But it has the winter traffic to justify the costs of year-round operations.

Most of the planned planting for this particular project involved planting tree seedlings in fairly open areas, where the Park staff wanted to start creating visual buffers between camping sites, or wanted to turn some of the under-utilized fields into future mature stands of trees.  This latter goal is important for carbon sequestration and climate change mitigation, and provides additional habitat for birds and wildlife.  It also allows the Park to better manage their budget for grounds maintenance (controlling the costs related to mowing the grass).  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 16,805 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 & Eric) 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 "République Provincial Park" sub-folder.

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

www.parcsnbparks.info/en/parks/8/republique-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 Terra Nova National Park (2021)

This summer (2021), Replant.ca Environmental was able to assist with some tree planting work in Terra Nova National Park.  Terra Nova is located on the east coast of Newfoundland, covering several of the inlets along Bonavista Bay.  If you're trying to drive there, it's just over an hour south of Gander International Airport, or slightly over two hours north of St. John's.  Think about the name.  Terra means "land" in Latin, and "Nova" means "new."  So basically, it's very close to being a Latin version of the name of the province.

Newfoundland officially became Canada's tenth province in 1949.  Up to that point, it was usually under colonial rule (with one twenty-six year period as a Dominion).  An interesting bit of trivia is that up until 1947, Newfoundland was still issuing its own coinage, obviously distinct from Canadian coins.  After Newfoundland joined Canada, it was only eight more years before Terra Nova was created, in 1957.  Terra Nova covers almost 400 square kilometers, so it's larger than most of Canada's provincial or municipal parks.

Newfoundland eventually became known as the province of Newfoundland & Labrador, after this name change was added to the Canadian constitution in 1981.

As noted by Wikipedia, Terra Nova protects the Eastern Island Boreal Forest natural region.  This region covers most of the island of Newfoundland (east of Deer Lake), and is characterized predominantly by black spruce trees, with pockets of balsam fir, white pine, mountain ash, tamarack, maple, and some other deciduous species.

Most of Terra Nova consists of rolling hills covered with forests.  Visitors will also discover exposed rock faces, bogs, ponds, and wetlands.  Here's a photo showing part of the park which is in the process of regenerating.  You can see some juvenile spruce among older trunks of dead trees, and a ground layer covered with moss and Labrador tea vegetation:

 

Here's a graphic (courtesy of Google Earth) showing the location of the park:

  

Terra Nova has two campgrounds at Newman Sound and Malady Head.  In addition, there are also tons of back-country camping options, accessible by hiking, kayaking, or canoeing.  If you'd like some further information about reserving camping sites, start here:

www.pc.gc.ca/en/pn-np/nl/terranova/activ

 

Our Regional Director of [Newfoundland] Operations, John Moran, was able to send us a couple photos of the work done in TNNP in 2021:

 

This year (2021) was the first year that our organization did any work in this beautiful national park.  We hope and expect that we will be able to make further contributions in the future.  We're truly excited about this project, being one of our most unique and beautiful project sites to date!

You can see more photos of our 2021 tree planting work in our public 2021 Planting Photos folder on Dropbox.

We'd especially like to thank John Gosse (the Nature Legacy Ecologist) and his staff for their hospitality and support while we were on site.  We definitely look forward to returning in 2022 to continue any additional work that can be arranged.

Edit:  We were able to continue our work at Terra Nova in 2022.  If you'd like to learn more about that work, visit this link:

replant-environmental.blogspot.com/2023/02/tree-planting-at-terra-nova-national.html

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 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.