MCI tree give-aways next weekend

protecting forests achieves many objectives: habitat protection, protection of the beauty of the area, soil conservation, maintenance of biodiversity, climate regulation, carbon sequestration, and most important to the mission of MCI, maintenance of the quality of the water of Lake Memphremagog through filtration of pollutants and the prevention of shoreline erosion, thus reducing the transport of sediments into the lake.

Dates and location of distribution:

Friday, May 26, Municipality of Ogden, 70, chemin Ogden (Starting at 1 p.m.);

Saturday May 27, Dépanneur Marché Austin 2220, Chemin Nicholasaustin (, Starting at 8:30 a.m.);

Stanstead Township:

Saturday May 27, Parc Forand in Fitch Bay (Starting at 8:30 a.m.) In collaboration with the municipality of Stanstead Township

Sunday May 28, Cherry River Wetland Interpretation Centre 69, C. Roy. in collaboration with the City of Magog and LAMRAC (Starting at 10 a.m.).

Species available are: yellow birch, black cherry, bitternut hickory, red oak, burr oak, red maple, sugar maple, black walnut, white spruce, red spruce, white pine, and red pine.

For more information: 819 340-8721, www.memphremagog.org Partners: Natural Resources and Wildlife Québec and the Eastern Townships Forestry Association.

Memphremagog Conservation Inc. is a non-profit organisation formed of volunteers, who have been working since 1967 for the protection of the environmental health and natural beauty of Lake Memphremagog and its watershed. Through the strength of its membership, it works to ensure that all residents of the region, permanent and seasonal, waterfront or not, can benefit from and enjoy a healthy lake today, tomorrow and for generations to come.