TD Forests – a slideshow
It has been more than a year since TD Forests was launched. What an exciting and rewarding journey it’s been, from working with the Nature Conservancy of Canada and the Nature Conservancy in the U.S. to protect properties to events that saw TD employees helping to green our communities. The following photos provide a glimpse of that journey.
The 106-hectare Lusicich property lies within the Crowsnest Pass area of southwestern Alberta and is a critical wildlife corridor. This region is fragmented by residential and industrial development, and the property – which TD Forests helped to protect in 2012 through the Nature Conservancy of Canada – is key to piecing together the wilderness and habitat for many species, including wide-ranging carnivores such as grizzly bear and grey wolf.
A large area of high quality Douglas fir forest, Alberta’s Lusicich property is not only a vital wildlife corridor, but an important wintering ground for hooved animals, which take shelter in the forests and feed on the plant species found in them.
In the Niagara region of Ontario, along the north shore of Lake Erie, the 12-hectare Point Abino Woods is a priority area for forest birds and important for migrating birds as a place to rest and feed. Rare birds documented in the area include red-headed woodpeckers, cerulean warblers, Acadian flycatchers and hooded warblers. TD Forests worked with the Nature Conservancy of Canada to help protect Point Abino Woods in 2012.
Standing on the porch of an old sugar shack on land his family had owned for generations, Paul Smith addresses guests at an event to celebrate the acquisition – and protection – of the property by the Nature Conservancy of Canada, with support from TD Forests. Located within the Carolinian life zone, the 17-hectare property lies in a forest known as Backus Woods, which lies in one of the most biologically diverse regions of Canada. The property is home to many at-risk species.
Adjacent to the Vermont border, the 309-hectare Mount Burnt property lies in the Northern Green Mountains of Quebec, which link up with the Green Mountains of Vermont. One of the last regions of southern Quebec where extensive wilderness tracts remain relatively intact, the area’s large, unfragmented forest blocks support an incredible diversity of wildlife, including 59 species at risk. TD Forests worked with the Nature Conservancy of Canada to help protect the Mount Burnt property in 2012.
A young volunteer helps to plant trees along the KVR Trail Pocket in Penticton, B.C. The project was funded in part by a TD Green Streets, a program that supports and promotes innovation in urban forestry.
A Boston TD employee digs in to help green East Boston Greenway during TD Tree Days in September 2012. A component of TD Forests, TD Tree Days provides TD employees and their families and friends, along with customers and community partners, the opportunity to support forest stewardship in their local communities. This year, thousands of volunteers will plant over 45,000 trees at more than 160 North American sites.
On April 30, 2013, the Nature Conservancy of Canada celebrated the acquisition of more than 425 hectares of Gaspé coastal habitat, including Point Verte, a 30-hectare property that TD Forests helped to protect. The densely forested Point Verte provides habitat for many woodland birds, as well as moose, red fox and white-tailed deer.
The 30-hectare Point Verte property runs along Quebec’s Gaspé shoreline. Many wetland species use the wooded areas to feed, hibernate and lay eggs.