Caldwell First Nation awarded funding for WWF seed orchard project
Caldwell First Nation in Leamington has been awarded funding, which is aimed at restoring healthy ecosystems, protecting wildlife species and fighting climate change.
Seed orchards are used to increase the supply of native plants by producing seeds, and harvesting them to perpetuate the establishment of the plants, and preventing the need to harvest seeds from wild plants, which can weaken them.
Since 2021 the WWF Canada's seed orchard program has supported the growth of 35,000 native plants in 20 seed orchards, with over 142 different plant species.
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Woodland seed orchard at Native Plants in Claremont, Claremont, Ont., a past seed orchard grantee. (Source: Ryan Godfrey/CNW Group/World Wildlife Fund Canada)
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Other communities awarded include:
Wolastoqey Nations in New Brunswick (New Brunswick)
Fredericton Botanical Gardens Association (Fredericton, NB)
Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg (Maniwaki, Que.)
Paysages Écologiques (Rigaud, Que.)
Bruce Trail Conservancy (Ontario)
Hidden Habitat (Kilworthy, Ont.)
Matawa First Nations Management (Thunder Bay, Ont.)
Northern Wildflowers (Lively, Ont.)
Sioux Valley Dakota Nation (Griswold, Man.)
Redd Fish River Society (Ucluelet, BC)
Satinflower Nursery (Victoria, BC)
Streamside Native Plants (Bowser, BC)
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