Farm and landowner information

The Grand River Conservation Authority’s Managing Trees on your Property workshop will answer questions landowners have about trees and help them to develop skills and strategies to maintain and improve their trees.
The free day-long event is geared to rural landowners with properties larger than 2.5 acres.  A broad range of topics will cover planting, pruning, common tree diseases, invasive species, hazard trees, forest health, grant opportunities and supporting...
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GRCA making tree planting easy next spring Fall is the best time for rural landowners to start ordering trees from the Grand River Conservation Authority (GRCA) for planting next spring. For some of those landowners, help is available to put them in the ground as well.
Landowners with at least two hectares (5 acres) of property may be interested in having a GRCA forestry specialist visit their property to develop a custom planting plan, arrange for planting in the spring...
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Fall is the best time for rural landowners to start ordering trees from the Grand River Conservation Authority (GRCA) for planting next spring.
Landowners in the Grand River watershed who have at least one hectare (2.5 acres) of land are eligible to order trees that they can plant themselves. Online tree orders can be placed between October 1, 2018 and March 1, 2019. Orders can also be placed by mail. Early ordering is advised to ensure the best selection of trees.  
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Kenilworth farmer Stuart Wright is helping his peers across the province to find and adopt practices that are in tune with   the environment and improve water quality.
He has received a 2017 Watershed Award from the Grand River Conservation Authority (GRCA) for his work in supporting local chapters of the Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association (OSCIA). Wright and his extended family at Wrighthaven Farms in Kenilworth, north of Arthur, have worked on many conservation...
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Here are a few tips to give the trees you plant this spring the best chance of survival, so that they are tall and strong in 50 years when Canada celebrates its 200th anniversary.
Every year the landowners of the Grand River watershed collectively plant tens of thousands of trees. These trees help to restore the natural environment by protecting water quality in streams and rivers, providing wildlife corridors and purifying the air we breathe.
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