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Elmira, Ontario, Canada | observerxtra.com | Volume 27 | Issue 18
Making Woolwich greener, one sapling at a time
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Leah Gerber Observer Staff
ITS EFFORTS ALREADY BEARING FRUIT, Trees for Woolwich is gearing up for another busy season of community environmental restoration. Trees for Woolwich is a group of volunteers dedicated to increasing the tree cover in the township. That includes planting trees and restoring the area within the Elmira Nature Reserve, as well as planting trees throughout the township. “The plan is to put over 2,100 trees in the nature reserve this year,” said Inga Rinne, chair of Woolwich Healthy Communities and Trees for Woolwich. The Elmira Nature Reserve is 67 acres of land off of South Field Drive in the southeast corner of the town. The acreage is mostly abandoned fields, pasture and wetlands. The site is mainly on floodplain and so is unsuitable for development. Much of the land has been degraded by invasive species. The goal is to restore the land back to how it would have been before being
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