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We need your help to Find Ash Seed and EAB Survivors! The FGCA has some funds this year to support the National Conservation Strategy for all native ash species in Ontario (white, green, black, blue and pumpkin). We need your help to find trees with viable seed to bank ahead of the Emerald Ash Borer impact. We haven’t much time …
A recent newspaper article, “City, Fleming partner to address the Emerald Ash Borer and hazard trees” in Kawartha Lakes This Week (April 13, 2017), noted that, “If you have ash trees on your property that have been infested, it is best to destroy the wood”. The Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) is spreading and killing many trees across Southern Ontario. …
Since the early 1990’s the Forest Gene Conservation Association (FGCA) has worked to conserve the native genetic diversity of our urban and rural forests. This is an increasing challenge in the face of development, agricultural land use, invasive species and climate change, especially in Southern Ontario. Where forest conservation fails, restoration becomes the next and increasingly necessary challenge, and the …