Thanks to You: Regenerative Travel Takes Root on the Bruce Peninsula

We’re thrilled to share some incredible progress on projects close to our hearts — made possible by the generosity of you, our travellers. Thanks to you regenerative travel takes root on the Bruce Peninsula: Through our One Percent for the Future initiative, we’ve raised $7,659 to date, funding the planting of 1,276 native trees as part of a long-term restoration effort of several properties on the Niagara Escarpment. Through it, you have made your travels more sustainable and created a better future for our planet. It's an initiative that is being noticed in the travel industry as well.

Last year your donations helped restore the former Palmer property — 5.6 acres of meadow shaped by a century of logging — shovels met soil as volunteers planted 650 trees of what will eventually become a richly diverse native forest. This land, once a patchwork of old apple and hawthorn, is being reborn. Native fruit and nut-bearing species like Red Oak, Hickory, Elderberry, Serviceberry, and Winterberry are now taking root. These trees will one day offer food and shelter to countless birds, mammals, and pollinators, revitalizing an ecosystem that was nearly erased.

Beyond this initial success, we’re proud to be part of the broader Vanishing Stream Restoration Project, a multi-year collaboration led by the Bruce Trail Conservancy. The full vision spans over 30 acres and includes restoring both forest and native grassland habitats. On two smaller fields — about 8 acres in total — over 5,600 native trees will be planted to increase forest cover and biodiversity. In a larger 26-acre field, the goal is to convert old pasture dominated by non-native species into a thriving native grassland. This work will take time, patience, and continued care, including seeding native wildflowers like milkweed, wild bergamot, and black-eyed Susan, and grasses such as switchgrass and big bluestem.

Thanks to your support, the groundwork has already begun. Volunteers, BTC staff, and partner organizations like the Canadian Chestnut Council and Peninsula Out of Doors Nursery are making this vision a reality. And while the science behind restoration is complex, the idea is simple: healing land heals us all and will help heal the planet.

To everyone who has travelled with Adventure Coordinators and contributed to One Percent for the Future, we extend our deepest thanks. Your adventures are not only enriching your life, but helping restore the planet for future generations. Together, we’re proving that travel can be a force for good.

Let’s keep planting hope, one tree at a time.