Otonabee Conservation Just Planted 600 Native Trees At Harold Town Conservation Area
/On Tuesday (October 20th), Otonabee Conservation planted 600 trees at the Harold Town Conservation Area on Old Norwood Road in the Township of Otonabee South Monaghan, just outside of the City of Peterborough.
Staff from Otonabee Conservation (see pics below) planted red pine and white cedar trees, which will provide habitat for wildlife and increase biodiversity in the area adjacent to the parking lot at the conservation area.
“Each year, we plant trees at several of our Conservation Areas,” says Dan Marinigh, Otonabee Conservation’s CAO. “Trees provide multiple benefits including mitigating the impacts of climate change and enhancing watershed health. We are pleased to have the support of many partners to enhance the area near the road and parking area at Harold Town Conservation Area.”
Otonabee Conservation’s CAO, Dan Marinigh spreads mulch around a red pine tree he planted at Harold Town Conservation Area on October 20th. (Photo courtesy Karen Halley, Otonabee ConSERVATION)
The Harold Town Conservation Area is named after the Canadian painter who owned the property from the mid 1970s until the early 1990s.
Harold Town enjoyed this property as his personal retreat until he passed away in 1990. On April 11th, 1994, The Harold Town estate donated the property to Otonabee Conservation. It was then named in his memory and was dedicated as a park for public purposes.
Otonabee Conservation’s Kerry Norman plants a white cedar tree at the Harold Town Conservation Area. (Photo courtesy Karen Halley, Otonabee CONSERVATION)
