Black walnut tree removal at St. Matthew’s Anglican Church
A summary of an on-site meeting between members of St. Matthews Anglican Church, Ian Glen and Bill Nuttle, and Chair of the GCA Environment Committee, Della Wilkinson, to discuss the church's difficult decision to remove an iconic black walnut growing in close proximity to the heritage church. St Matthews Church-Black Walnut tree removal_2024-11-08
Planting Trees in Small Spaces
Planting Trees in Small Spaces Options to consider when selecting the tree that is right for you. Brochure prepared in May 2019 by Daniel Buckles and Owen Clarkin.
Tree Action Now: Shaping the Future of Ottawa’s Urban Forest
Check out the priorities of Community Associations for Environmental Sustainability (CAFES) regarding the urban forest. We'll be pursuing these over the coming months. Ottawa's new Tree Protection Bylaw comes into effect (January 1, 2021). CAFES-tree action now-2020
Trees in the Glebe – Tree Sign-up Form
Trees in the Glebe Plant a tree, urge your neighbours to plant a tree, or show us a great spot for a new tree. The GCA’s Environment Committee and Ecology Ottawa are spearheading a project to inspire planting of 150 trees in our community in 2017. Register your tree or ideas here: https://goo.gl/forms/nAne78CIJtbF8e3N2 For more [...]
Our inputs to the Ottawa Urban Forest Management Plan (Nov 2016)
The GCA Environment Committee, in collaboration with other urban core community association green committees has been an active contributor to the City of Ottawa's consultations on the coming Urban Forest Management Plan. A copy of the September 2016 consultant DRAFT is here. See our response and recommendations to this draft: 201611CoreCAsUrbanForestMgmtPlaninputs_3
Our Recommendations on our Urban Forest (Nov 2015)
In 2015 the City of Ottawa started a consultation regarding our urban forest. The GCA Environment Committee collaborated with neighbouring community associations to produce the following input to the City of Ottawa Forestry Services: 2015 11 24 Core CAs Urban Forest Mgmt Plan inputs_7