Nipissing First Nation ROOT project receives provincial funding
$15,000 in provincial funding is supporting local efforts to stop the spread of harmful invasive species.
Vic Fedeli, MPP for Nipissing announced the money to support Nipissing First Nation’s Operation Removal of Oppressive Out-Competing Threats (ROOT) project, involving Japanese Knotweed in the community.
“By removing the invasive knotweed and planting new, healthy, and native species, this project will support the revival of the affected area,” says Fedeli. “We are confident this revitalization will benefit both the local ecosystem and the people of Nipissing.”
Officials say the funding is part of the provinces larger investment to help municipalities, Indigenous communities, conservation authorities, and local organizations stop the spread of harmful invasive species.
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