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24 THE RURAL VOICE
wildlife.
Plantings are also needed to link
woodlot areas, allowing wildlife to
travel under cover from one forest
remnant to another.
"It's the cumulative effect of
hundreds of windbreaks that we need
to strive for."
Farmers who think that this makes
sense will want to plant trees. They
may buy trees from nurseries but may
also want to learn which trees can be
transplanted from the edge of a
woodlot. In 1992, for instance,
Ontario white ash trees produced a
bumper crop of seeds. If a farmer left
these trees uncultivated for three or
four years, there would probably be
saplings a metre to two metres high
that could be planted out on their own
farm or traded with neighbours.
Maples can also be transplanted with
little difficulty.
In the cases of oaks and hickories,
farmers could harvest healthy seeds
Landowners can take
course to learn how to
plant native trees
and grow them in on-farm nurseries.
"The real goal is to have diversity.
We known the results of working
with one species only," he says,
pointing to sugar maple plantings
along road sides in Ontario which
were virtually wiped out. "We can't
afford those mistakes again. We can
plant different kinds of trees, even in
the same row."
These are skills that can't be
learned from books, Kock says but
need to come from experience. "I
think life is more exciting that way."
The Arboretum staff has built up its
knowledge over 20 years of working
with trees and wildlife and watching
their effect on the environment.
They've applied that knowledge in a
program calls "The Children's Forest
Restoration Project".
Landowners who want to learn the
skills involved to grow and work with
native trees can take a one -day
workshop at The Arboretum. About
100 people a year have been taking
the course. Anyone looking for
information on the workshops can
write to: The Arboretum, University
of Guelph, Guelph, ON NIG 2W1.0
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