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Andrew Gindlay
success", says A Catalogue of Ideas
published by the Our Millennium
office in Toronto, "if it gets people
together thinking about their
community and fulfills the three basic
requirements of a gifting project:
• collective (created and contributed
by a group),
• symbolic (representative of your
group's hopes and priorities for the
future) and
• special (it is meaningful and
valuable, whether Targe or small)"
Wildlife Corridors Needed
Steve Bowers, Stewardship
Council Coordinator for the Ministry
of Natural Resources in Huron
County, says that the Council's
Corridors Development Project might
be a natural for groups of people who
want to make a difference in their
communities. At one time Ontario
was almost entirely covered by
forests but with land clearing for
agriculture and with clear-cut logging
we are now left with little islands of
natural vegetation. Many species of
wildlife stay away from such pockets
of trees and if they do move in, they
tend to avoid the outer fringes
because of the danger from predators.
According to Bowers, to preserve our
wildlife diversity we need to connect
these islands by corridors of trees that
will create larger blocks of forest.
One possibility, he says, is to plant
trees along waterways such as
streams or drainage ditches. That
way, not too much agricultural land is
given up and quite possibly there will
be a reduction of soil erosion. As
well, trees along a waterway make it
easier for the wildlife to get at the
water.
Plant Species That Will Grow in
Your Area
At one time small quantities of
seedlings could be bought very
cheaply from a Ministry of Natural
Resources nursery, but no more. The
Ministry has sold its nurseries and the
new operators are tending to focus on
filling orders of seedlings for large
plantations. Consequently, people
who want just a few trees to plant as
part of an Our Millennium project
should either go to a local nursery, a
conservation authority or, if they are
willing to wait a few years longer for
results, they can start their trees from
seeds. Bowers recommends,
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