A diverse mix of native trees have been planted including sugar maple, white pine, red oak and paper birch.More than 37,000 volunteers have participated in tree plantings and woodland restoration events.More than 500,000 trees have been planted.Trees help filter out hazardous chemicals like carbon dioxide, increase Mississauga’s beauty through colourful blooms and leaves, and provide wildlife shelter, shade and food. Planting more trees helps increase canopy cover while restoring and enhancing Mississauga’s open spaces and forested areas for future generations to enjoy. Currently, there are approximately 2.1 million trees on public and private lands throughout the city. Since the program launched in 2013, more than 500,000 trees have been planted across Mississauga. The program aims to add one million more trees to the Mississauga’s tree canopy by 2032. This year, the City is celebrating its 10th anniversary of the One Million Trees program. The healthiest forest contains a mix of species and provides a range of values including wildlife habitat.News release Mississauga Celebrates the 10th Anniversary of One Million Trees Campaign Many woodlots may benefit from a proper thinning which can result in improved sap yields. Maintain forest health by following conservative tapping guidelines which ensures less than 10% of the trees sap volume is harvested.Īvoid rutting the forest floor and damaging roots and trees boles with vehicles and equipment. Taps should be removed promptly at the end of the sap season and left un-plugged to permit proper healing.The taphole should have a slight downward slope position considers ease of placing the sap bucket or slope of tubing.Using a proper tapping bit ensures a clean taphole.Tapholes should be no deeper than 2”– good practice to mark the proper depth on the tapping bit.New tapholes should be placed to avoid old tapholes (minimum 2” to the side, 12” above or below).Smaller taphole diameters are better for the tree and close rapidly in 1-2 years while still providing good sap yields tapping has evolved from crude axe slashes to smaller diameter tapholes and spiles made from improved materials health spiles 5/16” in diameter are commonly used.Timing: freezing temperatures at night and above 2 degrees Celsius during the day trigger sap flows tapping too early in the season can lead to drying out of the taphole and reduced sap yields unless a properly installed tubing system is used tapping too late in the season could miss important sap runs tapping in deeply frozen wood has been shown to cause damage to the tree through splitting of the inner bark.Trees with major injuries, broken tops, or signs of decay may be of low vigour and not worth tapping good sap only flows from unstained, white sapwood and is readily seen in the shavings which are produced when drilling the taphole.Flagging tape is used to mark the tappable trees and can indicate the number of taps a tally of the taps can be made and even noted on a sketch map of the woodlot coloured chalk marks can also be used.Tree size can be checked using a length of string with the circumference marked on it for 12” diameter (mark at 37.7” on the string) and 18” diameter (mark at 56.5” on the string) or a tapping gauge. no tapping of trees under 12” diameter.With practice, as you spend more time working in your woodlot, identifying maples will become much easier.
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