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New Video Showcases the Bur Oak Seed Orchard in Salford

Monday, 7 October 2019 at 14:44

The Upper Thames River Conservation Authority has released a new video about the Bur Oak Seed Orchard in Salford, built to fight climate change.

SALFORD - The Upper Thames River Conservation Authority has released a new video about their Bur Oak Seed Orchard. 

Forester of the UTRCA John Enright says the orchard in Salford is built to fight against climate change.

"So the thinking is that over time the Bur Oak from Pennsylvania and in the long term the Bur Oak from Tennessee may be a better bet for the increased temperatures in Ontario for the next 50 years or so."

In a press release the UTRCA say this assisted migration trial uses Bur Oak seeds from Tennessee and Pennsylvania, as well as local Bur Oak from Southern Ontario.

He says they hope to develop and establish more of the assisted migration trials in the future.

"Hopefully, we're going to have seeds probably in the next 10 to 15 years that'll come from this particularly piece of property. Hopefully it'll be better adapted to our warming climate conditions and we'll be able to collect that seed, that seed will then be grown into seedlings and used in reforestation projects across the UTRCA watershed and probably beyond as a viable source of seed that's well adapted to our changing climate."

It is one of two oak seed orchards now located in the region. He adds the trees at the new location were actually planted in 2010.

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