In 2021, the National Capital Commission pledged to plant 100,000 trees by 2026. So far it's planted 5,000 of them, according to a sustainable development strategy approved by its board of directors on Thursday.
Some critics say the city isn't doing enough to get replacement trees in the ground a year after a derecho windstorm destroyed thousands of trees across Ottawa, and after Mayor Mark Sutcliffe campaigned on a promise to plant a million in his term.
About 600 trees and shrubs are being planted in Pinhey Forest this fall after a derecho windstorm six months ago felled great swaths of trees in the area.
Ottawa Bylaw Services says it received a report last Friday from a resident who found a dog abandoned crate in Pinhey Forest, in the area of West Hunt Club Road and Woodroffe Avenue.
After a tornado ripped through Bruce Pit off-leash dog park in 2018 the woodland is lush with new growth. But some things done by the National Capital Commission are not ecological best practices, according to an urban forestry expert.