Charity helps replace trees lost in Ottawa tornadoes
Posted Aug 15, 2019 12:19:00 PM.
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A charity dedicated to planting and nurturing trees is helping to replace some of the trees that were felled by last year's tornadoes.
Tree Canada has launched Operation ReLeaf to replant trees that were lost in Ottawa and Gatineau, last September, as well as trees lost in June's Orléans tornado.
The organization is providing up to $300 for private landowners who had trees destroyed by the tornadoes to help with the cost of planting new ones.
While the charity doesn't do the work of planting the trees, it provides the reimbursement in addition to tree-planting advice.
“What we provide (to applicants) is actually a list of specific trees that will do best in their area,” said Cristiane Doherty with Tree Canada. “And, we'll point them to our online resources on how to plant a tree.”
This isn't the first time Tree Canada has helped replace trees in the Ottawa area after a disaster; one of its first Operation ReLeaf campaigns was launched after the ice storm, in 1998.
Tree Canada will accept Operation ReLeaf applications until the end of August.
