Manitoba Sustainable Development advises the emerald ash borer is an extremely destructive insect that has destroyed tens of millions of ash trees in North America and has been spreading into the north eastern United States, Quebec and Ontario.
Youth are leading the way forward and reducing the effects of climate change by planting trees in the expanded Trees for Tomorrow initiative.
Manitoba has partnered with the Manitoba Forestry Association and Trees Winnipeg to create the first provincial Heritage Trees Program in Canada, and has officially designated three Manitoba trees as heritage trees.
The province has finished planting six million trees across Manitoba through the successful Trees for Tomorrow program, including distributing two million trees this year alone, Premier Greg Selinger announced.
With tree planting season underway, Manitoba Hydro has launched a new website tool to help Manitobans consider which trees to choose and where to put them.
Trees for Tomorrow will host a tree giveaway program offering hybrid poplar cuttings on Saturday, July 18 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., with cuttings available for the public at three locations across the province, Conservation Minister Stan Struthers announced.
