What will be done to mitigate the impact on the forest? Page ContentPreserving forested areas is important as they will act as visual screening for the neighbouring landowners. Only a small portion of this large property will be required for the footprint of the facility (11 acres/4.5 hectares out of 207 acres/84 hectares. In addition, the County is committed to working with the NVCA on an afforestation plan to compensate on a 2:1 basis (i.e. addition of 9 ha to the woodland feature). Home Environmental Resource Recovery Centre