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Kemptville Winter Woodlot Conference A must-attend educational and networking event for private woodlot owners as well as the commercial, service, government, and non-government organizations that want to reach them!
WHEN: Wednesday February 20, 2013
WHERE: W.B. George Centre Kemptville Campus (University of Guelph) 10 Campus Drive, Kemptville (Map on next page)
COST: $30 incl hot lunch $20 without lunch
Eastern Ontario’s Forests - Updates & Options This 26th annual conference will feature speakers and exhibitors who will address some topical forest issues affecting Eastern Ontario including health, market conditions, landowner program updates as well as living with species at risk and learning about new opportunities involving non-timber forest products to augment income and diversity.
* Agenda * 8:00 – 9:00
Registration, Coffee, Exhibits
9:00 – 9:10
Welcome
9:10 – 9:40
Forest Health Update Dr. Taylor Scarr - Provincial Forest Entemologist, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources
9:40 – 10:30 Landowner Program Updates - Panel * Conservation Authorities (Dan Cooper - Forestry Program Manager, RVCA) * Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (Jeff Ward - Partnership Specialist, OMNR) * Stewardship Councils (Kerry Coleman) * Certified Forest Owners (Tony Bull, EOCFO Board Member) * Ontario Woodlot Association (Pieter Leenhouts-LOV; John Stuart-Renfrew Chapter) * Eastern Ontario Model Forest (Scott Davis, Forest Certification Program Coordinator)
REGISTRATION: contact Mary Humphries 613-258-8241 modelforest@eomf.on.ca OR register online by visiting:
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break and Exhibit Viewing 11:00 – 12:00 Non-Timber Forest Products - Options & Opportunities * Money Does Grow on Trees! Turnkey orchard provider offers cold & disease-resistant nut and fruit varieties. Steve Leroux - Owner, Green Barn Nursery * Growing and Managing a Christmas Tree Operation George Velema - Log Cabin Christmas Trees
eomf.on.ca/winter-woodlot-conference
THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS! Eastern Ontario Model Forest Ontario Woodlot Association, LOV Community Stewardship Council of Lanark County Leeds-Grenville Stewardship Council South Nation Conservation Rideau Valley Conservation Authority Stormont Dundas & Glengarry Certified Forest Owners Friends of Limerick Forest Resource Stewardship Council SD&G Ferguson Forest Centre Ministry of Natural Resources Heideman Forest Services Canadian Institute of Forestry Trees Ontario
12:00 – 1:30
Lunch & Exhibit Viewing
1:30 – 2:00
Eastern Ontario’s Forest Industry and Markets Tom Richardson - General Manager, Mazinaw-Lanark Forest Inc.
2:00 – 2:30
Woodlot Trail Building Pieter Leenhouts; Achille Drouin
2:30 – 2:45
EOMF Forest Certification Video Series - Private Woodlots
2:45 – 3:30
Common Ground. Sharing the Earth with Species at Risk Tim Wood - Species at Risk Coordinator. Leeds-Grenville Stewardship Council
For information on sponsoring and exhibiting opportunities please contact: mwilliams@eomf.on.ca
EOMF as shown above is located within the MNR building shown below. Continue on Campus Drive and turn right on McPhail Street to W.B. George Centre as shown below.