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Welcome our newest partner in reforestation! A Li

Welcome our newest partner in reforestation!

A Living Tribute was created to connect people looking to have trees planted as living memorials or gifts with national reforestation projects. As their goal is to make the world greener through environmental gift giving, every commemorative card that they send out is sustainably sourced, acid-free, REC-Certified and FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) certified.

We are honoured to be planting trees for @livingtributeorg. There's no better way to give back to loved ones by planting a tree in their name.

Welcome to the Blue Green Planet Project!

The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The next best time is now 🌲

#sustainablegifts #partnership #reforestation #treeplanting

Shout out to Shoal Lake Cree Nation! The Bell Wi

Shout out to Shoal Lake Cree Nation!

The Bell Wildfire of 2021 burnt hundreds of hectares in the Pasquai Hills of North Central Saskatchewan.

Shoal Lake Cree Nation is determined to restore the natural habitat affected by the wildfire. Trees are planted by members of the Shoal Lake community along with Summit Reforestation to provide improved habitat for wildlife including: elk, white tail deer, moose, bear, woodland cariboo, wolves, cougars and over 350 species of birds.

These forests will sequester carbon, improve watershed function and decrease soil erosion. Providing forest resiliency for future generations.

If your community has been affected by wildfire - reach out! Our team consists of folks that have dedicated their lives to reforestation. We can help through consultation, project management and funding partnerships.

The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago, The next best time is now 🌲

BIG THANK YOU to @hellonature.ca 🌞 Hello Natur

BIG THANK YOU to @hellonature.ca 🌞

Hello Nature Adventure Tours is a Biosphere Certified company committed to minimizing their environmental impact by providing small-scale intimate tours of the pacific west coast 🐳

BGPP is one amongst many environmental partners that Hello Nature donates a portion of their profits to annually 🌍 and we are so pleased to be planting trees with them as part of the day tours packages!

As consumers - its important that we vote with our dollars and choose companies that give back to the environment through initiatives like these.

Start thinking of your summer holidays and get out on the water with Hello Nature in Ucluelet, BC 🌊

The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The next best time is now🌲

#partnership #sustainablebusiness #reforestation #treeplanting

Let's hear it for Stay Wild Backcountry Skills🎉

Let's hear it for Stay Wild Backcountry Skills🎉

Stay Wild is a female led company focusing on women's empowerment on the slopes 🏂. Stay Wild offers AST training, how to manage avalanche terrain and companion rescue - ensuring your safety in the back country 💪

Stay Wild doesn't only care about safety in the mountains, they value the environment around them. Stay Wild demonstrates this through their contribution to restoring Canadian Forests 🌲

Check out their Instagram page @stay.wild.backcountry and sign up for a course this winter ❄

Join Stay Wild and become a project partner today!

The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago, the next best time is now.

Planning for our 2025 planting season is underway,

Planning for our 2025 planting season is underway, and we are currently seeking new funding partners. The Kistike'win Devil's Lake planting initiative aims to restore Boreal forest in the interlakes region of central Manitoba, and with 3 million trees to plant - it takes a whole village to make it happen!

Planting trees is hard work, and we have a great team ready to put there heads down and plant - but we need your support to make it happen. All of our partners receive a planting report in the fall detailing how the project went, where the trees are, the survival rate and so much more! We also provide a spring update with pictures of how the trees have been growing and where and when we will kick off the season.

Please contact us at farron@summitplanting.com to make your planting commitment today.

The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The next best time is now 🌲

#fundingopportunity #treeplantingproject #manitoba #partnership #climateaction

Waskway - The Birch tree - a common sight in the b

Waskway - The Birch tree - a common sight in the boreal forest, can be identified easily by its thin papery bark.

The seeds of the birch tree are generally spread by winds on snow covered ground. This tree reaches maturity at 70, and can live up to 200 years. There are 6 varieties of birch, all yielding high amounts of wood in a relatively short period of time. Birch enriches soils through its shedding of leaves and bark - these contain healthy soil nutrients such as calcium, magnesium, potassium and phosphorous.

Birch trees regenerate quickly following wildfire as long as their root system remains in place. Sprouts have the ability to grow up through old stumps and reestablish themselves as 'new' trees. This adaptation is another way the boreal forest ensures the trees can reestablish themselves after the natural process of wildfire sweeps through an area.

The birch tree has much historical significance to Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities alike. Traditionally it was used to build canoes to travel the rivers and lakes of North America. The bark was also used to cover roofs, make bowls, and to make twine and rope for basket building and clothing. Its sap has been boiled down to make syrups for sweetening foods and making medicines.

"Give me of your bark, O Birch-tree!
Of your yellow bark, O Birch-tree!
Growing by the rushing river,
Tall and stately in the valley!
I a light canoe will build me,
Build a swift Cheemaun for sailing,
That shall float upon the river,
Like a yellow leaf in Autumn,
Like a yellow water-lily!
"Lay aside your cloak, O Birch-tree!
Lay aside your white-skin wrapper,
For the Summer-time is coming,
And the sun is warm in heaven,
And you need no white-skin wrapper!"
...And the tree with all its branches
Rustled in the breeze of morning,
Saying, with a sigh of patience,
"Take my cloak, O Hiawatha!"

Excerpt from The Song of Hiawatha
VII. Hiawatha's Sailing
-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

#boreal #birch #treeplanting #reforestation #restoration #fundingopportunity #partnership #climateaction

Its world fisheries day! How do healthy ocean ecos

Its world fisheries day! How do healthy ocean ecosystems effect the health of forests?

Well, everything is connected! A great example of this is how salmon in the Pacific North West feed old growth forests. Healthy salmon stocks are critical for old growth forests and the species that depend on their eco systems. As the salmon make their way back to their spawning ground they release their eggs to be fertilized. The salmon die following the great journey, and the cycle continues.

Salmon carcasses breakdown and fertilize the forests with the nutrients of their bodies - which comprise of marine life. The key nutrient here is nitrogen - forests that are infused with more nitrogen grown faster and larger.

This relationship works both ways - a healthy forest on the riverbanks comprises of root systems, fallen logs and debris. These components create ideal breeding grounds for the fish.

It’s vital that salmon and other marine life are kept healthy to continue feeding our forests, and that forests stay natural and wild along riverbanks to support healthy fish populations.

Support World Fisheries Day by donating to our partner @teamsharkwater or support one of our tree planting projects - we share 20% of our bottom line with the Robert Stewart Sharkwater Foundation.

#wolrdfisheriesday #healthyocean #symbioticrelationship #treeplanting #restoration #climateaction

Before glimpsing outlines of whorled branches, you

Before glimpsing outlines of whorled branches,
you smell spruce needles, know gophers lie

in tunnels below ground and sense their tracks.
You can’t measure the background tracks

of the big bang but believe in finding what
is needed when you must. A sea captain

brewed spruce beer during a voyage and rescued
his crew from scurvy; a famished hiker

consumed spruce needles and emerged out
of the forest.

Arthur Sze
'Among Spruce'

Kakitéwi Minahik in Cree, AKA Black Spruce. A very common coniferous species of the boreal forest, can be found in bogs and wet lands.

Black spruce has a straight trunk with narrow crown, crowded needles grow 360 degrees around branches and dark reddish to purple cones - they are easy to distinguish.

These hardy trees reproduce by allowing the lower branches to touch the ground, establishing new root systems that send up young shoots.

In the wintertime, their low lying branches become covered with snow, and create natural shelters for caribou and other boreal woodland creatures.

Did you know that the black spruce is also a food source for red squirrel, white snowshoe hares, voles, spruce grouse, chickadees and mice? It is also used by Woodlands Cree for burns and toothache amongst other treatments.

Beer (as mentioned in the poem above) can ever be brewed with the spruce tips! Harvest happens in a small window in the spring.

Black spruce is found in 2 of our planting projects in Saskatchewan and Manitoba - find out more about our current projects on our website. The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The next best time is now.

#treefacts #reforestation #boreal #blackspruce #wetlands #climateaction #treeplanting

‘I have named it after one of my favourite trees

‘I have named it after one of my favourite trees - the Jackpine, which can grow in any earth in which you plant it, so long as it’s not crowded: can be a puny but tough battle-scarred veteran clinging to an impossible cliffside, or a proud giant in a pasture. Unlike other conifers it grows at opportunity, having no set form. Thus with its solid-looking needle foliage, it makes all sorts of evocative shapes...The Jackpine is resilient. It has a basic form, yes, but grows to any shape that suits the light, suits the winds, suits itself.’

-Jackpine Sonnets by Milton Acorn; a metaphor for humans in today’s society

The Boreal forest is a unique, large forest found across Canada. It bridges provinces and unites the land base. One of it’s star species is the Jack Pine.

Jack pine is a hearty, cold tolerant species, found in the boreal forests of the North, thriving in disturbed soils and harsh weather conditions. Trees can reach up to 80m in height.

The resin of a Jack Pine is used in medicinal ceremony for coughs and colds, and its wood for building and carving.

Jack pine is a pioneer species - meaning it one of the first tree species to regenerate after wildfire. They are also able to regenerate its root system following wildfire - it has become a wildfire adaptive species meaning it has evolved to thrive and benefit from wildfire. There cones are serotinous, meaning they only open in the extreme heat of a wildfire.

Jack pine is considered a ‘carbon sink’ meaning it absorbs high amounts of green house gases.

We plant Jack pine in the inter lakes region of central Manitoba. Visit our website to find out more about partnering with us to re-establish the Boreal in wildfire affected areas.

The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The next best time is now.

#boreal #jackpine #restoration #reforestation #treeplanting #climateaction #fundingopportunity #partnership

Everything we do has impact. From heating our home

Everything we do has impact. From heating our homes, buying new clothes, driving a car, eating out, travelling, the list goes on. How we choose to manage our impact is the mark of our individual legacies. Choosing to grow your own food, take public transit, buy used goods, invest in local community - all are ways that we can invest in the care of the earth. There are however, things we do that we have little choice in terms of impact. Travel is a great example. How can you as an individual manage the impact of travelling to see another part of the world? The answer is trees. By investing in tree planting projects you are investing in the capture of carbon emissions. Flying from New York to Paris emits approximately 1 ton of greenhouse gases. The planting of 1 tree will absorb that ton of carbon emissions over its lifetime. Invest in trees and in your legacy - leaving a healthier planet for generations to come. Partner with us today. Blue Green Planet Project. The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The next best time is now.

#climateaction #treeplanting #fundingopportunity #partnership

Our fall seedling report is out and the results ar

Our fall seedling report is out and the results are as good as ever. We are sitting at a 95% survival rate.

Next year will be our first secondary follow up on the trees planted in 2021 with our partners at OCN. We are so excited to see how the trees have been growing!

Thanks again to everyone who participated in our past and present planting seasons.

The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The next best time is now🌲

#positiveclimatenews #treeplanting #manitoba #fundingopportunity

Check out the CBC article on the amazing work we’re doing in the inner lakes with our partners Nekote LP and Nisokapawino Forest Management Corporation!

https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7348114

Check us out in the 6pm news and contact us to partner in planting trees where they’re needed most 🌲🌲🌲

In 2024 BGPP projects planted a total of 2.4 milli

In 2024 BGPP projects planted a total of 2.4 million trees! We are on a mission to sequester carbon, reforest wildfire areas and to bring training and employment to communities throughout Canada.
Trees are our favourite way to combat climate change - what’s yours?

Join us! Check out the website and become a part of the tree planting community 🌲🌲🌲

#treeplanting #2billiontree #climateaction #partnership

This 2024 planting season Blue Green Planet Projec

This 2024 planting season Blue Green Planet Project and Nekote LP planted a combined 2 million native jack pine and black spruce trees in the wildfire area of the inner lakes region of central Manitoba.

It took a team of over 70 people and over 2 weeks to execute the project.

But of course, none of this would be possible without our partners Nisokapawino, The Arbor Day Foundation, Tree Canada, One Tree Planted, Evergreen Maintenance and Hello Adventure Tours - all in conjunction with the federal governments 2 billion tree program.

Stay tuned for our survival assessment, more videos and updates on our Shoal Lake Pasquia Hills project!

We are always looking for more partners - if you would like get involved please reach out. The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The next best time is now 🌲🌲

This September 30th we observed the National Day f

This September 30th we observed the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

We stand in solidarity with all of our indigenous partners and peoples, and recognize the challenges communities face to this day.

The 2024 season has wrapped! Stay tuned for our se

The 2024 season has wrapped! Stay tuned for our seedling survival report, partner highlights and plans for our 2025 season. Thanks to everyone who helped make this season a success!

#climateaction #carboncapture #reforestation #2billiontree

Happy Earth Day! To the waters, the trees, the dir

Happy Earth Day! To the waters, the trees, the dirt and the bees - thank you for providing us with everything we need to thrive and survive! Let’s make everyday earth day ❤️❤️❤️

The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The next best time is now! 🌲

#treeplanting #earthday #climateaction

Our 2025 trees are germinating beautifully!

Our 2025 trees are germinating beautifully!

Did you know that 1 tree can absorb up to 48 pound

Did you know that 1 tree can absorb up to 48 pounds of carbon per year? And up to 1 ton of carbon in 40 years??!?

We believe in the power of trees! 23 more days before our first seedling go in the ground.

The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The next best time is now! 🌲🌲🌲

#treeplanting #carbonoffset #climateaction

Thank you to @gearupforoutdoors for providing our

Thank you to @gearupforoutdoors for providing our planters with Nekote LP and Shoal lake Cree Nation with their camping gear!

We are so excited to get planting as part of the NRCan 2BT program. 28 more days before our first trees go in the ground.

The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The next best time is now 🌲🌲🌲

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