Local retired farmer Paul DeCloet is donating a 50 hectare parcel of land to Norfolk County.
The land, which is now called “The Paul DeCloet Forest”, is in the Clear Creek Valley, which is recognized as a “Significant Natural Site” in Norfolk County’s Official Plan.
The two main branches of Clear Creek converge within the Paul DeCloet Forest, before emptying into Lake Erie, approximately seven kilometers downstream.
The Forest is comprised of several different forest types including sugar maple deciduous forest, sugar maple/hemlock mixed forest, silver maple deciduous swamp and gray dogwood thicket.
There are 26 different species of trees located within the parcel, including several unique to the Carolinian Zone of Canada.