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Modern forestry serves the purpose of managing trees to supply a variety of goods and services to society. These goods and services include a supply of timber products, wildlife habitat, ecosystem function, quality forest-based recreational and tourism experiences, trapping opportunities and places for solitude and reflection.
 Compare this to activities in the 1800's and the first portion of the 1900's when forests were mainly viewed as limitless resource and a hindrance for settlement. This gave way to multiple use of the forest where uses of the forests for other than logging were accommodated. Provincial policy then changed to embrace the idea of integrated resource management that put all forest uses on a more level playing field. While this has not changed significantly, modern forestry is focused on conserving biodiversity and emulating natural disturbance patterns.
This section provides an assortment of forestry-related information including a glossary of terms to help the reader understand the subject. Forestry 101 introduces specific elements of forest management and forest management planning.  Forestry articles that delve further into forest management subjects will appear on a continuing basis so check back from periodically to new articles. This site also provides forestry links to other interesting and informative sites. Collections of images of forest management activities and the forest environment will be rotated on a periodic basis as well. A map section will provide an assortment of map-based information relative to the French/Severn Forest. Lastly, a section on the topic of forest health will provide topical information on forest pests and general forest health matters [note that Westwind provides this information as reference material but is not positioned provide forest pest identification and advice to the public.
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