The Honourable Derrick Bragg, Minister of Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture is encouraging Newfoundlanders and Labradorians to plant a tree to mark National Forest Week 2021, being celebrated September 19 to 25.
During National Forest Week, the department is making spruce tree seedlings available to the public, free of charge, at all Forest Management District Offices throughout the province.
Individuals, schools, youth organizations and community groups, are encouraged to participate in this worthwhile initiative aimed at highlighting the numerous benefits of our forest resources. Planting instructions will be provided to everyone who participates.
The initiative helps support this year’s theme for National Forest Week, ‘Our forests – continually giving’, which acknowledges the numerous ways our forests benefit the lives of every Canadian.
Encouraging the planting of trees also helps reduce the impacts associated with climate change by increasing the carbon-capturing potential of our forests.
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“Our forests are essential to our collective health and well-being. Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, many of us are realizing the true value of our forests and wilderness areas now more than ever. Our forests offer an ideal venue for recreation, social and cultural activities, provide a reliable source of nutritious food, a home for wildlife, and support our province’s forest industry, while also playing a key role in reducing the impacts of climate change. For each of these reasons, it is imperative that we continue our efforts to protect and sustainably manage our forests for current and future generations.”
Honourable Derrick Bragg
Minister of Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture
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