PhoenixSerenityJun 9, 2023

Tweten is of #Cree ancestry and now lives on #PEI working on the PEI #ForestedLandscape Priority Place project as a #Mikmaw engagement co-ordinator. 
The project #protects #SpeciesAtRisk & their #habitats & while it's hard to know how many #BlackAsh #trees are left on the Island, Tweten said 450 is a good guess.

https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6868539

#IndigenousLed #FirstNations #rewilding #NativeTrees #Canada #NativeNatureProject #environmental #biodiversity #ecosystems #Nature #Maritimes #NativeKnowledge

Why planting black ash trees is so important for P.E.I. and the Mi'kmaq

Numbers of P.E.I.'s native black ash have dwindled to just a few hundred, while Mi'kmaw communities need the wood for basket weaving and other cultural endeavours.

CBC