The Macphail Woods Ecological Forestry Project is an initiative of the Environmental Coalition of Prince Edward Island that has been helping Islanders discover the importance of forests by setting an example of stewardship and sustainability for over 20 years.

With our assistance, tens of thousands of native trees, shrubs, wildflowers and ferns have left our nursery and been planted across the Island, restoring lost seed sources, improving diversity and creating homes for wildlife. We’ve started restoring hundreds of acres of forest and our educational activities continue to grow in popularity. More than ever, people appreciate the beauty that is around us and the potential of our woodlands to provide wildlife habitat, places of recreation and a wide variety of natural products.

Careful financial management has allowed us to accomplish a great deal on a small budget. Your support will make a difference. Our children’s program is overflowing and requires better equipment, everything from bird books to microscopes. The native plant nursery continues to collect and propagate some of the rarest plants in the province, and is an integral part of our teaching efforts. The 2,000 acres of public forest land we manage for the province is becoming an increasingly important component of our restoration work.

Macphail Woods is a unique project. If you have enjoyed our owl prowls or plant walks, if your children have been inspired by our summer programs or school plantings, or if you just want to help us steward the public forest land, please consider making a donation of money, your time, or one of these items.

Friends of the Forest

Financial contributions will help us continue our research and educational efforts. The Environmental Coalition is a registered charity.

If you’d prefer to mail in a cheque, please make it payable to “Macphail Woods” and send it to:

All donations of $25 or over will receive a charitable tax receipt and be recognized on our web site. Donations of $100 will also be recognized on the donor tree in our Nature Centre. Donations of $500 will be recognized on the donor tree and be honoured at a special event.

Volunteering

If you are interested in volunteering at Macphail Woods - whether in our nursery, with our children’s camps, collecting seed, taking photographs, fundraising, helping with the web site, or anything else - please contact Gary Schneider: macphailwoods@gmail.com or (902) 651-2575.

Also, we are looking for people interested in contributing to this web site? If you have an interesting article on gardening, birding, or something else with an environmental theme, we would like to see it, and may even add it to this site. Also, if you have any good quality nature photographs, we would be happy to use them, giving you full credit. If you are interested in any of these ideas, contact the Webmaster of this site.