What is the Saskatchewan Tree for Life Program?
The Tree of Life Program has been launched in Saskatchewan Tree for Life Program. The purpose of the program is promoting planting native trees to help reduce the negative impacts on the ecosystem. When more trees are planted the benefits include:
- Additional habitats
- Improved quality of water in rivers and lakes
- Reduced effects from climate change
- Restored shorelines
A partner in this effort is Environment and Climate Change Canada. They committed to distributing 24,000 native trees across the Saskatchewan region. The main benefits from this effort will include reducing greenhouse emission gases and less concerns from climate change. These trees are free and they will be distributed through watershed steward groups.
Anyone interested in trees can contact their local watershed stewardship group and place an order. The maximum order is up to 50 trees per person or organization. If you aren’t sure who your local contact is visit www.saskwatersheds.ca. Tree distribution will take place starting the middle of May and finish up the beginning of June.
These young trees are valuable to the community, each absorbs CO2 amounts of about 13 pounds annually per tree. When the trees are about a decade old, they become the most productive with the amount of carbon they can store. This is about 48 pounds annually. We can all work as a team to make our environment better for us and future generations. Planting these free trees is a wonderful way to get started in this effort.