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Category Archive for "Forestry"

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Rayonier Advanced Materials’ Huntsville Sawmill and Forestry Division Changes Hands

Oct 26, 2020

  Local company Haliburton Forest and Wild Life Reserve to take over operations [October 19, 2020] – On October 19th, 2020, Rayonier Advanced Materials (RYAM) announced the sale of its Huntsville Sawmill and Forestry Division to Huntsville Forest Products Inc. (HFPI). RYAM’s Huntsville sawmill was one of the company’s two south-central Ontario operations. They have served […]

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Cruising with the Stewardship Youth Rangers

Aug 20, 2019

Local students joined Westwind forester Margaret Scott to learn about tree identification, tree quality, and diseases. Once the students were comfortable with some of these concepts, they began to do a forest inventory “cruise”. By setting up sample plots, the students collected data on species, quality, density, and regeneration in the forest stand which can be […]

3CFS Adaptive Silviculture for Climate Change Trial

CFS Adaptive Silviculture for Climate Change Trial

Jul 19, 2019

Scientists from The Canadian Forest Service met this week with project leads from Colorado  State University and US Forest Service as well as local foresters including Westwind’s Forest Manager, Barry Davidson. As seen in the photo above, they visited a white pine site at the Petawawa Research Forest on Wednesday. The group is designing a […]

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Westwind’s Board of Directors is seeking a new independent community member!

Jul 8, 2019

Westwind is seeking an independent community member to join its Board of Directors. For more information about the position or how to direct expressions of interest, please click this link: http://www.westwindforest.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/community-director-ad-2019.pdf

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Tree Marking Meeting 2019

May 15, 2019

Last Thursday, Westwind hosted our regular tree markers at Camp Wenonah for a day discussing safety, FMP changes, and different aspects of tree marking in the French-Severn forest. Discussions inside and in the field included marking around values such as streams and ponds, marking in stands with hemlock or beech, and marking stand improvement.  This also provided […]

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Muskoka Watershed Council’s Stewardship Conference

Apr 29, 2019

Westwind’s Forest Manager, Barry Davidson, attended the Muskoka Watershed Council’s Stewardship Conference entitled Our Watershed: Connecting the Drops.  This was a well attended event held at the Active Living Centre in Huntsville where both professionals and the public came to discuss concerns relative to the health of the watersheds in Muskoka.  A diverse range of […]

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Annual Operator Meeting

Apr 9, 2019

Yesterday, Westwind hosted our annual operator meeting at the Magnetawan Community Centre. We discussed health and safety, forest management planning, the annual work schedule, water crossings, and operations. MNRF was there to discuss bills of lading. Operators also had a chance to look at maps for the upcoming year and the plan for the next 10 years. As […]

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Forest for Kids

Oct 11, 2018

Check out this video of the Forests for Kids tree planting event which took place at the Pine Glen Public School last Tuesday. The Chair of our Board, Louise Montague, helped teach students about forests, forestry, and planting trees along with Forests Ontario and Algonquin Forest Authority.

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Our Roots in Logging, Our Future in Forestry

Jul 9, 2018

Check out this article in Parry Sound Life magazine by our forester intern, Margaret Scott, about the history of logging in the Parry Sound area and how it has changed over time. A huge thanks to John Macfie, a local historian and retired employee of the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, for telling us about the history of […]

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Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Silviculture Tour

Jun 26, 2018

Thursday, June 21 and Friday, June 22, Margaret Scott and Javier Cappella participated in the annual Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Silviculture Tour. The first day focused on yellow birch management including discussions about site preparation treatments, group openings, and a crop tree release study. The second day focused on discussions about pine management such as planting, tending/site […]

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