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We have a number of exciting new projects lined up for 2023.
Reach out to schedule a call for more information and to find out how your organization can fund a project that aligns with your values, info@projectforest.ca.
Siksika Nation Community Shelterbelt Rewilding
Site location: 50° 51′ 11.4998″ N 113° 3′ 8.3002″ W
Siksika Nation is the second largest reserve in Canada, located 90 km east of Calgary.
Project Forest and Siksika Nation are working together to bring forests to the area through a community shelterbelt program. Together, we are rewilding the land around the homes and neighbourhoods of Siksika Nation members. Through this program residents will benefit from the sound, sight, temperature and snow barriers that shelterbelts provide. The community that Project Forest plants will be up to five rows wide, interspersed with food-bearing and medicinal plants.
The Community Shelterbelt Program is phase one of what we anticipate will be a multi-phase project and multi-year relationship with the Nation.
Cumberland House Cree Nation Food and Medicine Forest
Site location: 53° 55′ 52.9756″ N 102° 17′ 0.6684″ W
Project Forest has been invited to return to Cumberland House Cree Nation this year. In partnership with the Nation we begin the second phase of our rewilding project, planting 7 hectares with food-bearing and medicinally significant plants and trees.
In 2022, we planted a traditional food and medicine forest on 2 hectares of reserve land, re-establishing traditional plants and land usage in the community. These plants included wild rose, raspberry, strawberry, huckleberry, blueberry and Saskatoon.
Paul First Nation Community Food and Medicine Forest
Site location: 53° 31′ 32.4055″ N 114° 22′ 12.0216″ W
Paul First Nation is located 70 km east of Edmonton, on the shores of Wabamun Lake.
Project Forest has been invited to Paul First Nation to create a shelterbelt for Paul First Nation School. This will provide a buffer between the schoolyard and the rail tracks onto which it backs. For the first time, Project Forest will be planting landscape sized trees to create an immediate and effective solution for the students and staff at Paul First Nation School. Project Forest will also create a traditional food and medicine forest on the school and Band Office grounds. The Paul First Nation community utilizes a section of land on the shores of Wabamun Lake for berry and medicine picking, camping, and hunting. Project Forest will be planting this traditional use land with additional trees and shrubs.