More Windbreaks Needed

Saturday, 5 April 2014 08:03

UTRCA encouraging land owners to consider planting trees for windbreaks

After a rough winter, the Upper Thames River Conservation Authority wants more land owners to consider planting trees to use a windbreaks.

In addition to reducing blowing snow and drifting snow along highways, windbreak areas can also increase crop yields by 10-to-30 per cent.

Officials with the conservation authority say this spring, they'll be planting a natural snow fence at the newly renovated MTO inspection station just west of the Highway 401 Putnam exit -- an area notorious for snow drifts.

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