Six hundred trees to take root in Stevensville’s Ott Road Park
October 14, 2026 at 4:46 AM
Volunteers will plant 600 native trees and shrubs at Stevensville’s Ott Road Park on October 24 to improve wildlife habitat in the park.
The Town of Fort Erie and the Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority (NPCA) organized the planting from 9 a.m. to noon at 2700 Ott Road with TD Tree Days, a national volunteer tree-planting program TD Bank launched in 2010.
TD Tree Days volunteers have planted more than 590,000 trees and shrubs across Canada and the United States since the program’s start.
The Town plans to expand the trail systems at Ott Road Park and Shagbark Nature Park in Ridgeway after residents repeatedly asked for more places to walk and hike in nature, according to its Let’s Talk Fort Erie project page.
Trail construction is expected to begin in late winter or spring 2028, but bird-nesting and wildlife-breeding seasons could force the work to be split over two years, the project page said.
Environmental studies of the park’s vegetation and wildlife will determine the trail routes before construction begins.
Volunteers should check in by 8:45 a.m. southeast of the park’s parking lot, where event staff will demonstrate how to plant the trees before work begins.
High school students can earn community service hours toward graduation if they bring their official volunteer forms for event staff to sign.
Residents can register for the planting by creating or signing in to a TD Tree Days account at tdtreedays.com.
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