Short Story
They want to pave paradise!
All over Kingston – one of 15 cities in Canada predicted to become a heat island – our cooling, carbon-storing trees are being destroyed. We have identified more than 20 past or proposed clearcuts in the city – mainly to build unaffordable homes. Developers are paving over our forests – and even want to pave over our wetlands – with little thought to the increasing climate crisis, the biodiversity crisis, neighbourhood rights, and the local Indigenous population.
Help us save our urban forests and wetlands – donate today!
Stop the Chop! Save Our Urban Forests and Wetlands!
Story
Before….and Now.
Our forests and wetlands need your help!
As the climate crisis is devastating our planet, the future of Kingston’s nearest downtown forest and wetland is going before the Ontario Land Tribunal. Our previous City Council voted against the plan but a developer is still trying to push through the clearcutting of 37 acres – 1800 trees – beside a sacred burial ground for the Indigenous people of the area. This clearcutting would include a 220-year-old white oak tree (shown below), also sacred to the local Indigenous community.
As you can see, we’ve had wonderful support from many generous donors! All these people are heroes who care about nature in Kingston and don’t want to see it destroyed by greed.
We have also raised funds with two amazing fundraisers at Musiikki and Grant Hall at Queen’s. In both cases, young people – many from Queen’s University – came to us wanting to help, and they certainly did! We have raised thousands due to their dedication, along with efforts from local stores, artists, musicians, and others.
It has been amazing watching Kingstonians of all ages working to protect the Tannery forest – and nature generally – especially as we face climate and biodiversity crises. We can’t thank them enough!
You can help us defend City Council’s decision to stop this disastrous plan at the Tribunal. We have hired a hydrogeologist, an envirotoxicologist, a wetland/forest ecologist, and a land-use planner to present our case against a very wealthy developer. This has cost us thousands of dollars, but the fight is worth it!
Please help us prevent forest and wetland destruction.
Every donation counts!
The wetlands now.
The proposed development.
In partnership with No Clearcuts Kingston.
| Name | Donation | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Mary Louise Adams | $105 | April 11, 2024 7:52 am |
| Gillian Sadinsky | $105 | April 1, 2024 9:03 pm |
| Ken Fisher | $50 | March 30, 2024 9:44 pm |
| Joan Bowie | $250 | March 28, 2024 1:04 pm |
| Karen Stos | $53 | March 27, 2024 11:31 pm |
| John GRENVILLE | $1,015 | March 27, 2024 9:22 pm |
| Maureen Buchanan | $100 | March 27, 2024 7:05 pm |
| Christine Cannon | $105 | March 21, 2024 2:54 pm |
| June Blackburn | $200 | March 7, 2024 12:46 am |
| Jonathan Cresswell-Jones | $50 | March 4, 2024 2:01 pm |
| Liz Whelpdale | $510 | March 3, 2024 8:30 pm |
| Rosemary Dobbin | $100 | March 3, 2024 7:41 pm |
| Shirley Bailey | $260 | March 3, 2024 5:57 pm |
| Marie Lloyd | $30 | March 3, 2024 3:29 pm |
| Mary Louise Adams | $100 | March 3, 2024 5:25 am |
| Jean Jeffrey | $70 | March 2, 2024 11:40 pm |
| Bruce Hill | $1,005 | March 2, 2024 9:12 pm |
| james brown | $1,010 | March 2, 2024 9:11 pm |
| Gisele Pharand | $30 | February 7, 2024 9:07 pm |
| Anonymous | $100 | February 6, 2024 8:21 pm |
| Mark Sibley | $50 | February 4, 2024 9:11 pm |
| John GRENVILLE | $1,010 | February 3, 2024 10:17 pm |
| Peter Baxter | $50 | February 3, 2024 4:15 pm |
| Simon Chapelle | $100 | January 31, 2024 4:21 pm |
| Anonymous | $150 | January 31, 2024 3:19 am |
| Anonymous | $100 | January 30, 2024 12:34 am |
| Anonymous | $25 | January 28, 2024 10:32 pm |
| Dugald Carmichael | $1,000 | January 28, 2024 9:38 pm |
| Yvonne Hiemstra | $105 | January 28, 2024 6:41 pm |
| Anonymous | $100 | January 21, 2024 2:05 pm |
| Annabel Mills | $1,000 | December 31, 2023 4:46 pm |
| Tina Bailey | $250 | December 28, 2023 10:53 am |
| Anonymous | $105 | December 21, 2023 2:27 am |
| Madison Hartwick | $200 | December 18, 2023 11:47 pm |
| Gisele Pharand | $25 | December 15, 2023 9:42 pm |
| Matt Rogalsky | $250 | December 11, 2023 12:47 pm |
| Jill Clarke | $50 | December 10, 2023 3:32 pm |
| John GRENVILLE | $1,000 | December 1, 2023 11:34 am |
| Emily Everett | $400 | November 28, 2023 5:30 pm |
| Rebecca Schoenhardt | $100 | November 28, 2023 4:16 pm |
| Dorothy Farr | $105 | November 27, 2023 12:43 am |
| Anonymous | $500 | November 13, 2023 10:56 pm |
| Eleanor Casey | $100 | November 9, 2023 7:27 pm |
| Allison Wren Montgomery | $100 | November 9, 2023 7:23 pm |
| Melanie Dittburner | $100 | November 9, 2023 7:03 pm |
| Susan Hara | $100 | November 6, 2023 2:37 pm |
| James Jack | $100 | November 4, 2023 8:27 pm |
| Anonymous | $1,505 | November 4, 2023 3:07 pm |
| Kim Panourgias | $100 | November 3, 2023 3:58 pm |
| Gary Wilson | $80 | November 3, 2023 1:26 pm |
| Sarah Chapman | $10 | November 2, 2023 10:27 pm |
| Anonymous | $250 | November 2, 2023 9:53 pm |
| Robert A Breuls | $200 | November 2, 2023 7:14 pm |
| Dominique Alward | $275 | November 1, 2023 12:15 pm |
| Anonymous | $1,000 | October 31, 2023 12:06 am |
| Mabyn Armstrong | $110 | October 30, 2023 5:47 pm |
| Anonymous | $5,025 | October 30, 2023 12:37 am |
| Linda Hart | $100 | October 29, 2023 5:15 pm |
| Jocelyn Purdie | $25 | October 28, 2023 1:33 pm |
| Judith Wyatt | $100 | October 26, 2023 3:55 am |
| Jean Jeffrey | $50 | October 25, 2023 7:59 pm |
| Georgina Elliott | $100 | October 19, 2023 3:08 pm |
| James Swift | $200 | October 17, 2023 1:55 am |
| Anonymous | $890 | October 12, 2023 12:46 am |
| Toni Pickard | $55 | October 10, 2023 9:50 pm |
| Nancy Jones | $205 | October 9, 2023 8:36 pm |
| Anonymous | $317 | October 9, 2023 2:29 pm |
| Morgan Tomalty | $150 | October 8, 2023 6:25 pm |
| Vicki Schmolka | $210 | October 8, 2023 12:09 am |
| Richard Tam | $50 | October 7, 2023 7:06 pm |
| Charlene Habibi | $15 | October 7, 2023 12:25 am |
| Graydon Wicks | $12 | October 6, 2023 11:29 pm |
| Chloe Earnshaw-Osler | $10 | October 6, 2023 11:29 pm |
| Julie Nguyen | $20 | October 6, 2023 11:28 pm |
| Erika Gagnon | $25 | October 6, 2023 3:18 pm |
| Shauna Solomon | $250 | September 28, 2023 3:34 pm |
| Alicia Gordon | $105 | September 27, 2023 12:42 pm |
| Jonathan Cresswell-Jones | $55 | September 23, 2023 7:37 pm |
| Karen Smith | $100 | September 22, 2023 12:39 am |
| Ian Fraser | $55 | September 20, 2023 10:53 am |
| Eric Walton | $100 | September 14, 2023 10:58 pm |
| Johnny Yap | $105 | September 8, 2023 8:23 pm |
| Regan Lavoie | $105 | September 8, 2023 2:54 pm |
| Anonymous | $250 | September 6, 2023 12:56 am |
| Celine Morissette | $55 | September 5, 2023 6:39 pm |
| Helga Mankovitz | $30 | September 2, 2023 8:21 am |
| Christine Overall | $50 | September 1, 2023 4:04 pm |
| Patricia Spencer | $100 | August 30, 2023 9:19 pm |
| james brown | $1,025 | August 30, 2023 3:51 pm |
| Marie Lloyd | $25 | August 30, 2023 2:07 pm |
| Dorothea Burns | $100 | August 30, 2023 1:19 pm |
| Craig Sims | $100 | August 28, 2023 2:13 pm |
| Anonymous | $100 | August 25, 2023 8:54 pm |
| Dianne Lackonick | $1,000 | August 18, 2023 2:15 pm |
| Ron Turney | $100 | August 14, 2023 11:25 pm |
| Kathleen OHara | $400 | August 14, 2023 11:20 pm |
| Ken Johnson | $205 | August 11, 2023 12:03 pm |
| Marc Xuereb | $100 | August 10, 2023 12:19 pm |
| Will O'Hara | $100 | August 8, 2023 9:36 pm |
| Anonymous | $255 | August 8, 2023 6:53 pm |
| Heather Karn | $50 | August 7, 2023 11:45 pm |
| Anonymous | $100 | August 7, 2023 8:21 pm |
| Rosemary Kozak | $55 | August 2, 2023 12:54 pm |
| Anonymous | $25 | July 31, 2023 1:50 pm |
| Matt Rogalsky | $505 | July 28, 2023 11:59 pm |
| Kathleen Brady | $100 | July 25, 2023 4:03 pm |
| Anonymous | $55 | July 25, 2023 2:28 am |
| Marie Lloyd | $25 | July 24, 2023 7:46 pm |
| Elaine Davies | $250 | July 24, 2023 7:12 pm |
| Mary Louise Adams | $250 | July 24, 2023 2:29 pm |
| Alan Foljambe | $100 | July 24, 2023 1:35 pm |
| Henry Swoboda | $150 | July 24, 2023 11:37 am |
| Hannah Kaufman | $55 | July 1, 2023 8:06 pm |
| Gillian Sadinsky | $250 | June 25, 2023 11:23 am |
| Marie Lloyd | $30 | June 23, 2023 6:18 pm |
| John GRENVILLE | $1,000 | June 21, 2023 12:00 pm |
| Lea Westlake | $260 | June 20, 2023 2:40 pm |
| Anonymous | $110 | June 19, 2023 11:56 pm |
| Kingston Field Naturalists | $500 | June 9, 2023 1:52 pm |
| K&B Hill | $320 | June 2, 2023 11:19 am |
| Danielle Deptuck | $10 | June 1, 2023 11:35 pm |
| Anonymous | $250 | May 23, 2023 2:32 pm |
| James Swift | $260 | May 23, 2023 1:12 pm |
| Angela Fallow | $1,000 | May 16, 2023 1:22 am |
| Anonymous | $100 | May 3, 2023 7:38 pm |
| Liam Lewis | $10 | April 28, 2023 4:09 pm |
| Jane and Paul Kelly | $30 | April 24, 2023 4:27 pm |
| Margaret Cowtan | $250 | April 23, 2023 11:29 am |
| Dawn Crawford | $100 | April 22, 2023 8:51 pm |
| Elaine Davies | $255 | April 21, 2023 2:27 pm |
| William Depew | $1,000 | April 19, 2023 12:32 pm |
| Wren Montgomery | $300 | April 13, 2023 1:17 am |
| Danielle Deptuck | $10 | April 11, 2023 1:09 pm |
| Mary Farrar | $100 | April 7, 2023 5:59 pm |
| Vision for Kingston | $1,000 | March 29, 2023 1:46 pm |
| Barbara Burger | $100 | March 22, 2023 12:49 pm |
| Kathryn Hodgson-Gupta | $100 | March 21, 2023 11:46 am |
| June Blackburn | $50 | March 20, 2023 9:34 pm |
| Tara Kainer | $25 | March 20, 2023 6:05 pm |
| Mark Sibley | $55 | March 11, 2023 3:33 pm |
| Jerri Jerreat | $100 | March 9, 2023 8:44 pm |
| Larry Scanlan | $50 | March 8, 2023 10:47 pm |
| Anonymous | $50 | March 8, 2023 8:26 pm |
| Anonymous | $100 | March 7, 2023 8:47 pm |
| Robert MacInnes | $500 | March 2, 2023 7:28 pm |
| Elizabeth Harrison | $200 | February 28, 2023 4:56 pm |
| Bill Jennings | $250 | February 23, 2023 4:15 pm |
| Jane Reeves | $255 | February 23, 2023 3:23 am |
| Susan Clinton | $100 | February 21, 2023 12:55 am |
| Lib Spry | $100 | February 18, 2023 1:31 pm |
| Anonymous | $110 | February 17, 2023 8:52 pm |
| Dugald Carmichael | $1,060 | February 17, 2023 7:37 pm |
| Anonymous | $50 | February 15, 2023 8:20 pm |
| Liz Whelpdale | $50 | February 15, 2023 7:46 pm |
| Anonymous | $100 | February 14, 2023 4:08 pm |
| Anonymous | $100 | February 8, 2023 2:17 pm |
| Marian Blonde | $50 | February 8, 2023 1:35 pm |
| John Turgoose | $55 | February 7, 2023 2:16 pm |
| Anonymous | $100 | February 7, 2023 5:12 am |
| Elinor Rush | $50 | February 7, 2023 2:17 am |
| Valerie Kelly | $60 | February 7, 2023 1:57 am |
| Heather McGregor | $100 | February 7, 2023 1:30 am |
| Paul Gervan | $50 | February 6, 2023 11:33 pm |
| Walter Tedman | $55 | February 6, 2023 9:37 pm |
| Anonymous | $250 | February 3, 2023 4:23 pm |
| Ghislaine Marcotte | $100 | February 3, 2023 2:32 pm |
| John GRENVILLE | $1,030 | February 3, 2023 11:57 am |
| Derek Redmond | $50 | January 30, 2023 3:29 am |
| Emily M Hill | $100 | January 29, 2023 8:15 pm |
| Anonymous | $100 | January 2, 2023 1:30 pm |
| Don Raddon | $165 | December 31, 2022 3:38 pm |
| Carol Wladyka | $53 | December 29, 2022 9:27 pm |
| Gonny Moncur | $105 | December 29, 2022 3:08 pm |
| Dallis Smith | $100 | December 29, 2022 3:01 pm |
| Anonymous | $100 | December 29, 2022 2:44 pm |
| Wilma Kenny | $100 | December 28, 2022 10:58 pm |
| Emily M Hill | $108 | December 28, 2022 7:49 pm |
| maureen buchanan | $250 | December 28, 2022 3:23 am |
| Yvonne Hiemstra | $105 | December 28, 2022 2:05 am |
| Anonymous | $55 | December 27, 2022 8:09 pm |
| Marie Lloyd | $75 | December 27, 2022 4:58 pm |
| Nikki Alward | $110 | December 20, 2022 12:16 am |
| Hal Richardson | $100 | December 16, 2022 7:44 pm |
| Joan Lee | $1,005 | December 8, 2022 6:03 pm |
| Annabel Mills | $510 | November 30, 2022 4:50 am |
| Yvonne Hiemstra | $110 | November 30, 2022 1:18 am |
| Vicki Schmolka | $100 | November 29, 2022 12:42 pm |
| Richard Moulton | $25 | November 29, 2022 3:15 am |
| Ceredwyn Hill | $100 | November 29, 2022 12:18 am |
| Bruce Hill | $100 | November 29, 2022 12:14 am |
| Ariel Salzmann | $250 | November 28, 2022 8:26 pm |
| Mary Farrar | $100 | November 28, 2022 7:36 pm |
| Rosemary Kozak | $100 | November 28, 2022 7:28 pm |
| Mary Jane Philp | $105 | November 28, 2022 4:54 pm |
| James Brown | $1,025 | November 28, 2022 4:45 pm |
| John GRENVILLE | $255 | November 28, 2022 4:04 pm |
