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Category Archive for "Forestry"

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Westwind Wins 2024 FSC Leadership Award

Dec 13, 2024

Parry Sound, ON (December 11, 2024) – Parry Sound based Westwind Forest Stewardship (WFS) Inc. is a 2024 Forestry Stewardship Council (FSC) Leadership Award winner. The award celebrates Westwind’s role as advocates for and practitioners of sustainable forestry, assuring consumers that products bearing the FSC label originate from well-managed forests. Read more here: Media Release Westwind […]

2Westwind Board of Directors celebrates Barry Davidson’s 25 Years of Service

Westwind Board of Directors celebrates Barry Davidson’s 25 Years of Service

Feb 13, 2023

The Board of Directors for Westwind Forest Stewardship Inc., the not-for-profit community-based Sustainable Forest License holder for the French-Severn Forest- commemorated General Manager Barry Davidson for his 25 years of service.  Barry is a registered professional forester who began his tenure with Westwind based out of Parry Sound in 1998 as the forester before becoming […]

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Parry Sound’s Westwind Forest Stewardship Inc. recognized by MPP Smith

Nov 30, 2022

Parry Sound’s Westwind Forest Stewardship Inc. recognized by MPP Smith

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FedNor Announces Investment in Parry Sound-Muskoka

Feb 10, 2021
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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 […]

7CFS 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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