The GRCA is hiring three contractors to plant nearly 127,000 trees across the watershed this spring on both private property and GRCA land.
The three tree planting contracts will cost $137,000, the GRCA says.
The contractors are Bartram Woodlands Ltd., Black River Tree Planting and Quiet Nature Ltd. Tree planting is contracted out by the GRCA in blocks, based on the planting method and tree size.
Plantings on private land are paid for by the individual property owners, but their costs are often offset by funding that comes from a variety of programs, including the Rural Water Quality Program, Forests Ontario and the Habitat Stewardship Program, the GRCA said.
Plantings on GRCA land are funded through agencies such as Forests Ontario and donations made to the Grand River Conservation Foundation.
