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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.
WINNIPEG The City of Winnipeg has officially launched a program aimed at adding to the city’s tree canopy in a big way. On Wednesday, the city marked the official start to the public awareness and education campaign for the Million Tree Challenge Winnipeg (MTC) – an initiative that Mayor Brian Bowman first introduced in 2019. The program calls on residents, businesses and not-for-profit agencies to plant one million trees on private and public property over the next 20 years. “When I introduced the idea for the Million Tree Challenge back in 2019 it was to protect and expand our city’s immense tree canopy, which is a source of great pride for so many Winnipeggers,” Bowman said.