Snapshot
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.
You can help us defend City Council’s decision to stop this disastrous plan at the Tribunal. We need to hire expert witnesses such as hydrogeologists, wetland biologists, and ecotoxicologists to present our case against a very wealthy developer. This will cost 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
