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First Annual King Hiram 37 Tree Sale

The King Hiram Lodge No. 37 is hosting the first annual King Hiram 37 Tree Sale.

Check out the great selection of trees for your backyard oasis or sponsor a tree to be planted in one of our amazing community parks.  Help us green up our world and breathe easier.

For the low cost of $20.00, you can sponsor having a tree planted in a local park in Ingersoll.  The location will be determined by the Ingersoll Parks Department.

Choice of White Pine, White Cedar or Colorado Blue Spruce.

All trees are supplied locally, and are between 16” and 24”, in a 8” pot.

Want some trees for your yard?  Same great price, but you determine where you plant them.

Trees will be available for Arbor Day, April 29, 2020.

More varieties will be available in May – White Birch and Lilacs will be available for $30.00 a tree.

A portion of the sales will go to King Hiram 37 to help with our Charitable Donations.

Contact Jack Peter at jp.peter@sympatico.ca or 519-425-2162

to help KEEP our Town GREEN!

For more information, download the poster.

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Tourism Oxford Video On The Lawson Nature Reserve

From Tourism Oxford:

We’re BACK with another trail video over on our YouTube channel. This time we talk Lawson Nature Reserve which is maintained by the Ingersoll Nature Club. As always, we ask that you stay on the trail, give wildlife lots of space and if the parking lot is full either choose a different trail or come back at a different time to avoid overuse! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWLqff71xFU

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Finding The Mother Tree, A Public Talk And Discussion Featuring Dr. Suzanne Simard

From Nature Canada:

Register for a discussion with author Dr. Suzanne Simard on the urgent need to rethink our relationship with the natural world!

March 26, 2022 – 7 p.m. EST

Nature Canada, in partnership with the Southminster United Church and Enviro Crew invite you to join us for Finding the Mother Tree, a public talk and discussion featuring Dr. Suzanne Simard. She is widely known for her work on how trees interact and communicate using below-ground fungal networks. Come learn about the magnificence and intelligence of trees and have the opportunity to ask Dr. Simard your questions. The event is happening in-person, but as we have many supporters across the country, we have ensured to include an option to view the event from the comfort of your own home.

Register today.

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Nature Canada Webinar: Protecting North American Forests For People And Nature In The Face Of A Changing Climate

From Nature Canada:

Join Nature Canada for the March 22nd (noon to 1 p.m.) webinar: Protecting North American Forests for People and Nature in the Face of a Changing Climate

In North America, the United States and Canada have both made unprecedented commitments to biodiversity protection and natural climate solutions, including the protection of 30% of their lands by 2030 (aka ″30×30″). Join us on March 22nd for the Connecting for Conservation webinar series, panelists from Nature Canada, along with organizations from the US, and an Indigenous nation will discuss the importance of protecting forests in order to achieve these goals. Together, they will explore the need to address underlying barriers to the realization of strong natural climate solutions policies, as well as opportunities for the development of sustainable economies, which can in turn enable Indigenous self-determination and increase forest protection ambition in North America.

Register today.

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Tell Ontario To Stop Driving Caribou Decline

Add your voice to the David Suzuki Foundation‘s initiative to tell Ontario that it’s time to take caribou survival serious.

Ontario and Canada have been working to create a conservation agreement, defined under the federal Species at Risk Act as a voluntary agreement “to benefit a species at risk or enhance its survival in the wild.”

In the framework, Ontario continues to pat its own shoulders about its so-called “robust provincial framework that includes laws, policies and processes to protect and recover caribou and their habitat in Ontario.”

It doesn’t mention that the forest industry has been exempted from the Endangered Species Act, that the insurance plan to protect caribou outlined in the Caribou Conservation Plan has never been implemented and that the Range Management Policy, in place since 2014, has led to ongoing caribou declines.

Science has been available since 2008 that outlines a risk-based approach to caribou management by applying disturbance thresholds. The 2012 federal recovery strategy required provinces to apply it to every caribou range, but Ontario has failed to do so.

The framework for the conservation agreement as presented will pave the way for more business-as-usual forestry operations in the province. It must not be finalized unless it is significantly improved.

Please take a moment to let the provincial and federal governments know that funnelling money into status quo operations that will continue to fragment caribou habitat flies in the face of commitments to halt and reverse nature loss.

Add your voice.