Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson is kicking off the 2023 tree-planting season with an announcement that the federal government and B.C. have reached an agreement to plant more than 37 million trees in the province in the next two years, but the government remains far from reaching its goal of two billion trees in this decade.
During the 2019 election campaign, the Liberals committed to planting two billion trees this decade, but as of last December, they’re falling short, at nearly 1.5 per cent of the end goal — with about 29 million trees planted so far — something they attribute to the years it takes to grow seedlings that can then be planted.
Spread out over the 10-year commitment, the government would need to plant an additional 200 million trees a year beyond current tallies. That’s nearly 548,000 trees a day. However, tree planting is a seasonal effort and can’t be done year-round, instead taking place during four to five months of the year.The newly signed agreement with B.C.
“The hard work of developing these agreements is a testament to the complexity of tree planting and the painstaking efforts needed to ensure the tree planting is done right and done well,” Wilkinson said.
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