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Wildwood Ecoforest looks to community to help ‘burn the mortgage’
The campaign was extended through October after a donor offered to match gifts up to $10,000, with about $334,000 still owed.
- The Ecoforestry Institute launched its 'Burn the Mortgage' campaign to pay down debt on Wildwood, the ecoforest it purchased in 2016 following a Supreme Court decision granting stewardship rights.
- Merv Wilkinson purchased Wildwood near Ladysmith in 1938 and began practicing ecoforestry in 1945; The Land Conservancy's decision to sell the property in the mid-2010s created uncertainty about its future.
- According to EIS board director Kathy Code, approximately $4,000 has been raised toward a matching goal after a donor offered to match contributions up to $10,000.
- EIS aims to use funds for expanded educational programming and a value-added wood processing centre. Code said, 'Getting rid of the mortgage, even if it's just bit by bit, would be a really significant help.'
- Public tours of Wildwood occur on the third Sunday of each month, and the restored homestead accommodates up to six people, positioning the property as an active community resource.
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Wildwood Ecoforest looks to community to help ‘burn the mortgage’
A decade after purchasing the ecoforest, EIS still owes $334,000
·Ladysmith, Canada
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