The Regional Municipality of Waterloo Community Fund Environmental Grant provided in 2020 for two phases of work in the Branchton Village LandTrust forest in Branchton, North Dumfries Township. The Grant was for $2500.00
The first phase involved remedial forestry work, largely to lay down dangerous trees. This first phase was conducted by Martin Forestry on May 19, 2020.This work consisted of cutting down two large trees that had damaged trunks and were dangerous to adjacent properties. Both of these were downed andblocked into smaller pieces.
The second pahse consisted of the laying down of 25 broken and leaning trees throughout the forest. This was also done. In all cases the cut trees were leftto rot in the forest. The work noticed about 25 large dead ashes that have been killed by the Emerald Ash beetle. Many will fall down on their own; butsome may become hung up. These will be watched carefully, and we expect we may need financial help to deal with those dead trees in future years.
The third phase involved the physical removal of Garlic Mustard plants.
The Board of the Branchton Village Land Trust is very appreciative to the Region of Waterloo for the grant that enabled this management work to beundertaken.