10,000 Trees for the Rouge Valley
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10,000 Trees for the Rouge Valley is a non-profit environmental organization that has held many Toronto, Ontario-area tree plantings. It is an independent all-volunteer group, attached to the Rouge Valley Foundation.
The tree plantings are intended to
- restore the Rouge River's watershed to natural cover,
- protect creeks and streams from soil erosion
- help to link existing islands of forest
- extend wildlife corridors.
Some of the volunteers are Ontario high school students who are required to accumulate a certain number of volunteering hours before they can graduate.