Spring Tree Planting on Medway Creek 

This spring, the Upper Thames River Conservation Authority (UTRCA) led three days of tree planting on the Medway Creek as a part of the Freshwater Enhancement of the Medway Watershed project, funded by the Canada Water Agency.   

With the help of over 200 Grade 7/8 students, over 750 trees were planted on the Medway Creek, including red maple, sugar maple, willows, white cedar, nannyberry, elderberry, and white pine.  

Thank you to students from Princess Elizabeth Public School and Green Leaders classes from Byron Northview, Ashley Oaks, and Stoney Creek Public Schools. Green Leaders classes chose habitat loss, deforestation, green solutions to climate change, and habitat improvement for their environmental issue and planted these trees as a part of their final “action project”. 

UTRCA Board Member Jean Coles and Friends of Medway Creek member Sandy Levin

About this Project 

Funded by the Canada Water Agency, these tree plantings are part of a 3-year project featuring live staking and tree planting on the Medway Creek. These projects will take place in areas of little vegetation and high erosion potential on Medway Creek and will involve local students, community members, organizations, and municipalities. Live staking and tree planting have many benefits to the local ecosystem, including providing habitat for native species, stabilizing the bank and reducing risk of erosion, cooling the water (through shading), and providing a buffer for surface runoff.    

Want to learn more about this project or interested in helping out? Contact April Scholz, Community Partnership Specialist.