Last fall, it was decided the Angus Seed Plant, located in Angus, Ont., and operating under the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry would be closed effective September 2018.
The not-for-profit tree seed collection service was started in 1923 and was the sole supplier for Ontario’s reforestation projects. Seeds are collected from mature, healthy specimens across the province, extracted, sorted, tested and stored in freezers until ordered by tree farms such as the Ferguson Forest Centre in Kemptville.
In the grand scheme of things, supporting the continuation of the Angus Tree Seed Station, which has always been a non-profit and government-supported, operation, is a no-brainer. Given a choice, I would rather my tax dollars go there than for cancelled energy plants, renewable energy faux pas, paying the U.S. to take excess electricity and the like.
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