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2006/15 (a)
BACKGROUNDER
Green Streets Canada 2006–2007 Funding Recipients
The Green Streets Canada program is the flagship program of the Tree Canada Foundation, a national organization dedicated to raising awareness among Canadians of the importance of Canada’s forests and promoting activities that sustain and preserve urban forests. Green Streets is the country’s only national urban-forest innovation program.
Natural Resources Canada’s Canadian Forest Service contributes to the program, which also relies on matched funding from participating municipalities, First Nations communities and other community sources. The program is also sponsored by BC Hydro and TransCanada Corporation.
Submissions for funding under the program are evaluated based on innovation, community support and applicability to other jurisdictions. More than 350 Canadian communities have participated in the program since 1994.
The selected communities for 2006–2007 are listed in the following table.
| Community |
Project |
Amount |
| ATLANTIC |
| Sackville, NB |
Raise awareness of environmental benefits of urban forestry through education and public participation/recognition |
$5,000 |
| Edmundston, NB |
Promote education and community initiatives to increase urban forest diversity and coverage |
$15,000 |
| Charlottetown, PEI |
Park diversification and inventory, public awareness projects |
$8,000 |
| Dieppe, NB |
Detailed inventory, citizen participation and maintenance program |
$25,000 |
| QUEBEC |
| Des Cèdres * |
Raise public awareness of indigenous tree species and importance of urban forestry |
$5,000 |
| Saint-Rémi * |
Build awareness among public and industry of the value of urban green space; promote interest in ecological issues |
$5,000 |
| Gatineau |
Outreach program to promote environmental benefits of urban forests in schools and local governments; advanced inventory using Urban Forest Effects model |
$30,000 |
| Rouyn-Noranda |
Inventory of street trees and awareness programs, tree distribution |
$10,000 |
| Varennes * |
Public awareness based on tree distribution project |
$6,000 |
| Blainville * |
Educational outreach and tree species diversification in park and streetside sites |
$10,000 |
| ONTARIO |
| Windsor |
Improve the urban forest gateway to Canada, expand community network, expand seed-collection program |
$20,000 |
| Stirling-Rawdon |
"Green Roots Route": park linkages, education program, urban forest plan |
$15,000 |
| SW Middlesex |
Roadside tree inventory, education and awareness, heritage tree system |
$5,000 |
| Mississauga |
Invasive species monitoring, protection and education |
$10,000 |
| Thunder Bay |
Community tree stewardship and education program |
$10,000 |
| PRAIRIES |
| Winnipeg, MB |
Tree inventory, public education and awareness, maintenance, research and evaluation of vertical mulching techniques |
$25,000 |
| Hinton, AB |
Demonstrator site for streambank reclamation techniques with educational and interpretive features |
$7,000 |
| Sylvan Lake, AB |
Develop and implement master plan and guidelines for urban forest; engage community groups and schools in projects |
$20,000 |
| Davidson, SK |
Sustainable Community Development Plan to demonstrate urban green space, encourage walking and reduce emissions |
$3,000 |
| B.C./NORTH |
| Surrey |
Restoration of Green Timbers Arboretum, tree species inventory, alien invasive removals, public access, tree-restoration projects |
$33,000 |
| Kamloops ** |
Creation of Kamloops Community Forest: tree recognition, environmental awareness and education |
$3,000 |
| Takla First Nation |
Developing youth-oriented education program on forested ecosystems based on traditional knowledge |
$23,000 |
| Central Okanagan |
Forest health and strategic urban-forest plan |
$23,000 |
| Lake Cowichan ** |
Source water protection and education program |
$5,000 |
* TransCanada Corporation-sponsored communities
** BC Hydro-sponsored communities
For more information, media may contact:
Ghyslain Charron
Media Relations
Natural Resources Canada
Ottawa
(613) 992-4447
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Emma Welford
Director of Communications
Office of the Minister
Natural Resources Canada
Ottawa
(613) 996-2007 |
Michael Rosen
Vice President
Tree Canada
Ottawa
(613) 567-5545 |
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