Ottawa experienced yet another heat warning at the end of July, we are experiencing heat waves with increasing frequency and intensity due to climate change. Knowing where heat islands are in our cities — and who lives in them — becomes a crucial public health issue. The urban heat island effect occurs because the closely packed buildings and paved surfaces […]
INVASIVE SPECIES ALERT: Japanese Beetles
We need your help protecting our trees from the invasive Japanese Beetles. These beetles are found frequently this time of year and cause immense damage to our local vegetation. This is especially evident at our Hog’s Back Park planting sites. They have favoured attacking the Basswood and Yellow Birch on site and now have begun to attack the Bur Oak […]
How Nature Can Save Us Money – Interesting New Study
As we have all expected being around nature makes us healthier! Exposure to green spaces has long been documented as being beneficial to our health. These health benefits include decreased restlessness, fatigue and improved mental health. Although here in Canada we are free from the high costs of privatized healthcare, our neighbours to the south incur major costs through their […]
Thank you to Friends of Mer Bleue!
We would like to thank Friends of Mer Bleue for your early help with our mission. With your generous support we were able to established our Afforestation Master Plan that guides our organization to place a large importance into maintaining and caring for trees after they’ve been planted until they reach maturity, this ensures a high survival rate.
Thank you South Nation Conservation and Councillor Catherine Kitts, Merci!
Thank you to Councillor Catherine Kitts and South Nation Conservation for their Community Environmental Grant funding! Councillor Kitts also showed her support for Forêt Capitale Forest at our Hog’s Back Planting event back in the Fall. We can’t wait to continue working together in 2022 on some great new projects. Thank you South Nation Conservation and Councillor Kitts! Merci à […]