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Landowners improve forest
conditions through fall tree orders
It may seem too early to think about
autumn but fall tree order season is here
Tree orders in the spring
make up the majority of
tree purchases each year
through Ausable Bayfield
Conservation's tree order
program but landowners
are also active each autumn
ordering trees, said Ian
Jean, Forestry and Land
Stewardship Specialist with
Ausable Bayfield Conserva-
tion Authority (ABCA).
"Fall is a great time of
year to plant ball and bur-
lap evergreens and potted
deciduous trees," Jean
said. "We have two -foot
balled and burlap spruce
and cedar that are ideal
for creating windbreaks
and shelterbelts on fields
and farms."
The final days of sum-
mer are a great time to
order trees for autumn
planting. They are also a
chance to think ahead for
your tree planting plans
for next year, according to
Jean. "If you are thinking
of planting trees next
spring, September and
October are some of the
best times to do your site
preparation," he said. "It
also provides time to do
proper site assessment
and get cost -share funding
in place for next spring."
The fall tree order form
is now available at the
Ausable Bayfield Conser-
vation office or online at
abca.on.ca. Tree species
offered for sale through
the fall program are:
White Cedar, White Pine,
Norway Spruce, Blue
Spruce, Austrian Pine, Sil-
ver Maple, Sugar Maple,
Red Oak, and Bur Oak. (A
greater variety of bare root
seedlings and tallstock are
available through the
spring program.) Fall tree
orders through ABCA are
available until the end of
September.
Trees can help preserve
valuable topsoil on the land
and help to reduce soil ero-
sion, according to Jean.
"Topsoil is easy to lose and
hard to get back," he said.
"Tree planting is one of the
ways to preserve that
valuable resource."
Research says windbreaks
can help increase yields as
well, according to Jean.
"Even when you take into
account the loss of produc-
tion within and beside a
tree row, a gain in yield can
be realized further into the
field that may exceed those
losses," he said.
Grant programs are
often available to help off-
set the cost of planting
windbreaks or other stew-
ardship projects. Funding
for windbreaks is available
locally through the Huron
County Clean Water Pro-
ject and the Middlesex
Clean Water Project and
Ontario's Species at Risk
Farm Incentive Program.
For larger -scale reforesta-
tion, cost -share funding is
available through Trees
Ontario, the Government
of Canada's Habitat Stew-
ardship Program, and
other sources. Additional
funding may also be avail-
able for farmers with an
Environmental Farm Plan
through the Species at
Risk Farm Incentive Pro-
gram. Funding is also
available from the Ontario
Ministry of Transportation
(MTO) for some wind-
break planting projects
along provincial highways
4 and 21. "If you are inter-
ested in planting trees,
give us a call and we will
help make it as easy as
possible to get grants from
the various programs that
are available," Jean said.
"In many cases the fund-
ing level is 50 per cent, but
in some areas you can
achieve up to 100 per cent
cost recovery."
Rural landowners may
have many reasons for
planting trees. They may
want to improve local for-
est conditions, reduce win-
ter heating costs, reduce
summer cooling costs,
increase yields, and pro-
tect the quality of water in
their creek or river. They
may want to better mark
property lines. They may
like the look of trees on
their property, desire
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shade and protection to
adapt to weather extremes,
create a managed woodlot,
or improve habitat for
birds. They may also want
to replace Ash trees killed
by Emerald Ash Borer, an
invasive beetle from Asia,
and have a greater diver-
sity of tree species in their
woodlot. "People may have
lots of reasons to plant
trees," Jean said. "What-
ever your reason, we thank
you for helping to protect
soil, and improve the qual-
ity of air and water, by
planting trees."
Ausable Bayfield Conser-
vation staff members can
help you with many aspects
of land stewardship,
including planting plans,
site preparation, forest
management plans, wildlife
habitat improvement, and
erosion control advice.
Grants may cover up to 100
per cent of the cost of refor-
estation projects. If you
have questions please visit
abca.on.ca or contact Ian
Jean, Ausable Bayfield Con-
servation Forestry and
Land Stewardship Special-
ist, at 519-235-2610, or toll-
free 1-888-286-2610, or by
e-mail at ijean@abca.on.ca.
Mail and faxed tree
orders must be returned to
the Ausable Bayfield Con-
servation administration
centre office, at 71108 Mor-
rison Line, RR 3 Exeter, by
September 19, 2014. Tree
orders may be placed in
person at the office, accom-
panied by payment in full,
until September 30, 2014.
The minimum order is 20
trees. Trees must be
ordered in multiples of five,
by species. For complete
information visit abca.
on.ca and type 'trees' into
the search tool at the top of
the home page. (Then press
'enter' and the 'order trees'
page should be at the top of
the choices).
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