We first started in 2019 when we planted 100 trees linked with a limited run of 10 Special Edition canoe paddles to help mark our 10 year anniversary celebrations. We continued our efforts in 2022 with our original Forest Edition canoe paddles, planting one tree for every special edition paddle built and sold. Over the next two years we planted another 194 seedlings with OneTreePlanted.

This year, we hope you will join us in celebrating 15 years of wilderness adventures and help support reforestation efforts across North America and around the world!

Thus, for every Anniversary Issue FOREST EDITION canoe paddle built and purchased in 2024, five trees will be planted.

Seedling purchases and planting efforts are coordinated through One Tree Planted. Scroll down to see all of our seedling purchases to date…

All Anniversary Issue FOREST EDITION CANOE PADDLES will be marked by way of a unique engraving depicting an artistic “paddle tree”. This custom artwork matches the paddle’s blade style and the species of tree the paddle was built from. Just a small reminder of the great forest your paddle could help to grow.

Note the “paddle tree” artwork will coincide with the hardwood the paddle was built from, and not necessarily the species of trees that will be planted on your behalf. Most likely coniferous, softwood, or other native species will be chosen to replenish any chosen forests.

One Tree Planted reforestation projects encompass the globe, including regions in Canada (including British Colombia, Ontario, New Brunswick, and Quebec), the USA, Mexico, Latin America, Africa, Asia, and even Europe! Visit One Tree Planted online for their most current planting projects.

Would you dig having a say where your trees will be planted?!

Just email us with your name, along with proof of purchase, and tell us where you would like your seedlings to grow!*

Choose to plant trees in North America, Latin America, Africa, Asia, Europe and the Pacific. Scroll to the bottom of the page to see all the places where we have planted seedlings, so far, and counting…

*Contact us for the most current regions where trees are being planted or visit One Tree Planted for more information.

There are a multitude of reasons for planting trees, but it must be done right. According to One Tree Planted, trees help clean the air we breathe, filter the water we drink, and provide habitat to over 80% of the world’s terrestrial biodiversity. Forests also provide jobs to over 1.6 billion people, absorb harmful carbon from the atmosphere, and are key ingredients in 25% of all medicines. Discover more about the importance of reforestation and the six pillars that explain why trees are vital at One Tree Planted.

CHERRY

Cherry is by far the favoured wood of choice for building paddles at Badger.

BLACK WALNUT

SASSAFRAS

Currently Forest Edition Canoe Paddles are available exclusively through select retailers found below or directly from Badger Paddles.

Badger Paddles

Swift Outside

Personalized Forest Edition Paddle Tree Certificates are available upon request. Just contact us with your certificate number (located on the paddle tag) or proof of purchase, along with the name of the recipient as you would like it to appear on the document. We will email you a digital copy (PDF) to print out or forward to the recipient as you please. 

Badger purchases seedlings at various times throughout the year.

Total Number of Seedlings Planted to Date:

404 

Forest Edition Seedlings Details

SPRING 2019

100 seedlings were planted in coordination with TreeEra. This was done in recognition of our 10 Year Anniversary whereby 10 Special Edition canoe paddles were created and 10 trees were planted for each of the limited issue paddles we built and sold for our celebratory year.

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WINTER 2022
OTP Certificate #263141

50 seedlings to be planted in British Columbia were purchased pre-season in February 2022 from One Tree Planted to initiate our commitment to the Forest Edition Canoe Paddles by Badger campaign.

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Summer & Fall 2022
OTP Certificates #293863, #314158

A total of 34 seedlings were purchased from One Tree Planted helping to plant seedlings in Ontario, Quebec, and where “most needed” around the world.

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Winter 2023
OTP Certificates #359125, #359287

Thanks to some late sales in 2022 and a few more in early 2023, 50 more seedlings were purchased from One Tree Planted: 18 seedlings for Ontario, 18 for Quebec, and 14 more for where “most needed” in the United States. Along with, 8 more seedlings that were purchased for the United Kingdom!

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SPRING 2023
OTP Certificates #361249, #374983

18 seedlings were purchased in March to be planted where they were “most needed” in the U.S.A specifically for OTP Longleaf Pine Restoration project. And thanks to a few extra sales from the U.K. in April, 3 more seedlings were purchased and planted in the United Kingdom.

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SUMMER 2023
OTP Certificate #390558, #399684

14 seedlings were purchased in early July, as part of the One Tree Planted Forest Fire Recovery project, helping to reforest lands damaged by record-setting fires in British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario and more. Then in August another 18 seedlings were purchased and planted in Alberta, Canada.

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WINTER 2024
OTP Certificate #440175, #440177

50 seedlings were purchased just before Canoecopia for Badger‘s first official batch of ANNIVERSARY ISSUE canoe paddles, and as part of the One Tree Planted new United States Recovery project to help reforest lands damaged by forest fire recovery in the west, along with longleaf pine restoration in the southeast, and National Forest restoration from coast to coast. At the same time, and as part of our Forest Edition series, another 60 seedlings were purchased to be planted “where most needed” to help revitalize forests in Ontario, Canada.

“We depend on the forest and the forest depends on us.”

~Nito Uvenibo