This geocache is one of twenty Community Lands GeoPassport geocaches within the South Nation Jurisdiction. For more information on this series of geocaches, please visit South_Nation.
Park in the small Tweed Conservation Area parking lot and enter the trails to find the cache.
It’s common knowledge that forests act as a natural barrier to soil erosion caused by wind and water, but there’s more to a tree’s role in erosion prevention than meets the eye, especially underneath the surface. Eastern Ontario has experienced a number of natural disasters over the last century that have inflicted many dramatic changes to local woodlands. Of these natural disasters, this region is particularly prone to landslides. Two of the most memorable landslides include the Father’s Day Landslide of 1993 and the May 16th Landslide of 1971. Perhaps nature’s best defense against the undesired movement of soil are trees’ root systems. Trees’ roots hold soil in place, bind soil to the land, and absorb large amounts of water during heavy rainfalls.
