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The purpose of this project category is improve water quality by planting trees and shrubs to retire fragile agricultural, plant field windbreaks or buffers along watercourses and wetlands.聽

• 50% of eligible project costs
• Maximum payment: $3,000

• Field(s) must be in the Upper Thames watershed.
• Landowners planting 50 trees or more on their own are eligible to apply for funding. Applicant must provide planting location, description of the tree planting project, before and after photos.

• Permanent retirement of floodplain.
• Permanent retirement of steeply sloped and erosion-prone lands.
• Buffer strips along watercourses and wetlands adjacent to either pasture or cropped land (minimum buffer width of 10 ft required).
• Field windbreaks to prevent wind erosion.

• Professional services and consulting fees.
• Purchase of native trees and shrubs.
• Contracted labour and planting costs.
• Tree protection systems and maintenance agreement costs obtained through the Conservation Authority or planting contractor.
• Establishment of cover crop used in conjunction with tree planting project.

• Farmstead shelterbelts to protect buildings.
• Landscaping for aesthetic or privacy purposes.
• Labour and machinery use of applicant, family dependents, and the applicant鈥檚 business.
• Permits and fees.
• Project must not be a legislative or legal requirement.
• Commercial stock, fruit trees or Christmas tree species which are commercially marketable in less than 15 years are not eligible.
• Invoices not issued in the applications name or farm business.
• Grant will not be paid on HST if the applicant is entitled to a HST rebate.