2013 Campbellford, Ontario, Canada
Taylor Polich, Christina Venator and Brooke Seymour, grade 8 students from Kent Public School in Campbellford identified that their watershed is lacking in trees. Currently, our watershed forest cover is only 21% when it should be (at a minimum of) 30%. We’re looking to increase this forest cover. By increasing the amount of trees in our watershed, will help purify the air and water.
Taylor, Christina and Brooke proposed planting trees in their community. Their project was implemented by planting 62 trees in the spring of 2014 as part of a larger edible forest project at Kent Public School.
This Caring for Our Watershed idea has had a positive impact for the health of the Lower Trent Watershed and the local communities.