CollingwoodToday welcomes letters to the editor at [email protected] or via the website. Please include your full name, daytime phone number and address (for verification of authorship, not publication). The following letter was sent in response to the Town of Collingwood's plans for the reconstruction of Sixth Street.
Further to the June 28 article detailing the planting of a Collingwood forest which I totally love, I'd like to share an additional thought that I believe all Collingwood residents would agree with.
Please see the attached pictures of what Drysdale's Tree Farm did for me this spring. It was an instant 18-20 foot-high forest of five white pines in my front yard.
When developers clear-cut Collingwood's forests to build subdivisions, and then plant immature sticks to satisfy the town's 30 per cent tree canopy (for some future generation, if those sticks even survive) you can use the attached pictures to show developers how things should be done in Collingwood.
Trees this size are very feasible to plant and contribute right away to both the environment and the desired atmosphere of Collingwood. Little sticks do nothing for anyone, so why not double up?
Plant the forest as Tobias suggested June 28 and also plant healthy 18 to 20-foot trees on their actual development sites. Makes sense, doesn't it?
Bob Tyssen
Collingwood
