Winnipeg Free Press
Challenge remains sapling-sized success
Only 990,850 more trees to go.
As part of a project to add one million trees to Winnipeg by 2040, just 9,150 trees have been planted.
Kamila Konieczny photo
Less than 10,000 trees have been planted over the last year as part of Winnipeg’s Million Tree Challenge.
Trees Winnipeg, which is overseeing the Million Tree Challenge, shared that figure on Wednesday.
Mayor Brian Bowman announced the initiative in September 2019, with a target to add one million trees by the time Winnipeg’s population reaches one million people.
The mayor said the work done so far is impressive, given that pandemic health restrictions have prevented mass tree-planting efforts for many months.