Ridgetown tree planting workshop to help local residents reduce property taxes and help fight climate change

Jan 24th, 2008 5:23 AM

Media Advisory: For Immediate Release Attention Community Calendar, Event Listing and News Editors Plant Trees to Fight Climate Change Ridgetown tree planting workshop to help local residents reduce property taxes and help fight climate change (Ridgetown) Trees Ontario and its partners, the Ontario Forestry Association (OFA), Stewardship Kent and Lower Thames Valley Conservation Authority, will host a free workshop focused on incentive programs for planting trees, tree planting techniques and the Managed Forest Tax Incentive Program (MFTIP) which can reduce property taxes by up to 75%. The workshop will be held at the University of Guelph Ridgetown Campus, in the Rudy H. Brown Rural Development Centre Pioneer Lecture Theatre on Tuesday, January 29, from 7 – 9 p.m. This workshop is an opportunity for local landowners to learn how they can receive financial incentives to plant trees on their property and reduce their environmental footprint. WHAT: Free tree planting workshop to fight climate change and reduce landowner taxes WHEN: Tuesday, January 29, 2008, from 7 – 9 p.m. WHERE: University of Guelph Ridgetown Campus, in the Rudy H. Brown Rural Development Centre Pioneer Lecture Theatre WHO: Trees Ontario, OFA and local partners Space is limited and pre-registration is appreciated. For more information and to register contact: Elissa Schmidt, Manager of Communications, Trees Ontario toll free 1.877.646.1193 ext. 232, elissas(at)treesontario.on.ca. Trees Ontario, working with its partners, is the largest, not-for-profit tree planting agency in North America and is committed to the re-greening of Ontario through tree planting efforts. The goal of the organization is to restore Ontario’s tree planting capacity, especially throughout southern Ontario on private lands, by providing funding and planning support for its tree planting partners - local Conservation Authorities, stewardship councils, municipal governments and community volunteer groups. Last spring Trees Ontario, with its partners, planted nearly 3 million trees. Its goal is to increase tree planting to 10 million trees every year by 2015. www.treesontario.on.ca Planting tomorrow’s forests.