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Learn about cavity trees and wildlife by checking out this neat article in the Parry Sound North Star written by our forester intern, Margaret Scott. https://www.parrysound.com/community-story/7428403-the-importance-of-cavity-trees-for-wildlife/  

Barry Davidson from Westwind and Michael Henry from the Parry Sound District MNRF hosted a Local Citizens Committee tour on Friday, June 23, 2017. The LCC, along with some members of the planning team, learned about beech bark disease, cottagers’ perspectives, and conifer conversion projects. The first stop was the site of a beech regeneration […]

Westwind celebrated a special day a couple months ago.  It was 20 years ago (March 27, 2017) that we received our letters patent as a corporation. Westwind is proud of the milestones – from being the first large public forest FSC certified in Canada to the more recent recognition of the special form of forest tenure […]

  Westwind attended the Almaguin Highlands Career/Trade Fair on Wednesday, April 26, 2017 at Almaguin Highlands Secondary School. The fair aimed to provide information on careers and trades that are available locally. Tom Bryson and Margaret Scott spoke to students about various careers in forestry and the relevant post-secondary training and skills. It was great to talk […]

  “Forests Ontario is pleased to offer students a new way to engage with the Ontario Envirothon program through our online Presentation Challenge!” Check out this link to get involved: Presentation Challenge

Westwind Forest Stewardship’s redesigned website has a blog! Our posts will keep you up to date on local events, forestry operations in the French-Severn Forest, wildlife sightings, and much more. If there is a topic that interests you, feel free to browse our blog by category. You can do this by clicking one of the categories […]