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Category Archive for "Forestry"

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Forestry and Climate Change…

Nov 20, 2017

John McNutt from Westwind’s Board has a starring role in this Forest Products Association of Canada video on forestry and climate change.  If 0.3 seconds can be a starring role, he steals the show. Using sustainable forest products can help make a substantial difference in our climate change future.

22Talking About Forestry

Talking About Forestry

Nov 6, 2017

Today, our forester intern, Margaret Scott, was at Northern Wilderness Outfitters teaching a grade 12 class about forestry and tree identification. The group learned about silviculture systems, tree marking, protecting wildlife habitat, forest management planning, and possible career paths in forestry. The presentation was followed by a tree identification walk where the class identified over 10 species […]

23Stepping Back in Pine

Stepping Back in Pine

Nov 3, 2017

While completing a harvest audit this week, Westwind staff stopped at an old J.R. Booth log pile. The pine logs would have been harvested in 1910 or even earlier. Pine logging was a very important part of the history of this area but also lead to the degraded forests that we are left with today. The […]

24

Checking on Our Seedlings

Oct 16, 2017

As the leaves change colours and the temperature gets cooler, Westwind staff are out in the field doing assessments on planted trees. Just like children’s checkups, we measure and look at the trees a few times in the first five years to see whether they are healthy and how they are growing.  This allows Westwind […]

25

The importance of cavity trees for wildlife

Jul 26, 2017

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/  

26Local Citizens Committee Tour

Local Citizens Committee Tour

Jun 28, 2017

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 […]

27

Ontario Envirothon Presentation Challenge!

Mar 14, 2017

  “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

28Take a selfie!

Take a selfie!

Mar 6, 2017

The Canadian Institute of Forestry/Institut forestier du Canada (CIF/IFC) is coordinating the ‘150 Days of Forests’ Photo Campaign, a national initiative to instill a sense of pride in Canadian forests. Submit a high quality photo of yourself in the forest with a short quote of 50 words or less describing what forests mean to you or simply […]

29First Post

First Post

Mar 6, 2017

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 […]

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