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!
Evolving Issues & Insights for Woodlot Owners WHEN: Wednesday February 19, 2014
This 27th annual conference will address some different perspectives and topical issues affecting Eastern Ontario’s forests, and its stewards, while exploring some new opportunities to enhance income and diversity.
AGENDA
WHERE: W.B. George Centre Kemptville Campus (University of Guelph) 10 Campus Drive Kemptville COST: $30 incl hot lunch $20 without lunch REGISTRATION: Contact Mary at: 613-258-8241 modelforest@eomf.on.ca OR register online at: eomf.on.ca/ winter-woodlot-conference THANK-YOU SPONSORS!
Heideman Forest Services Rideau Valley Conservation
Authority Ontario Woodlot Association, Lower Ottawa Valley Ministry of Natural Resources Eastern Ontario Model Forest Ferguson Forest Centre South Nation Conservation Anonymous Community Stewardship Council of Lanark County *Leeds-Grenville Stewardship Council Maple Syrup Producers Assoc Stormont Dundas & Glengarry Certified Forest Owners Trees Ontario Friends of Limerick Forest
8:00–9:00 Registration, Coffee, Exhibits 9:00–9:10 Welcome 9:10–9:50 Keynote: A Healthy Dose of Green
Rob Keen, CEO, Trees Ontario 9:50–10:20 Invasive Species: Top Newsmakers and What You Can Do
Dr. Richard Wilson - Forest Program Pathologist, Ministry of Natural Resources 10:20-10:30 Video: EAB Facts & Tactics for Woodlot Owners & Forest Managers - EOMF 10:30–11:00 Coffee Break and Exhibit Viewing 11:00–11:30 Non-Timber Forest Products: Cultivating Gourmet Mushrooms under the Canopy
Bruno Pretto and Paula Vopni, Mycosource Inc. 11:30–12:00 Hazards and Safe Practices in the Woodlot
Brian Lawrence, Workplace Safety North 12:00–1:30 Lunch & Exhibit Viewing 1:30–2:00 Ephemeral Ponds Do Much More Than Breed Mosquitos
Janine McLeod 2:00–2:45 Market Updates: (1) Prescott Pellet Mill - Thomas Logan, Protocol Biomass Corp.
(2) Pre-commercial & Commercial Red Pine Harvesting Tom Richardson, Heideman Forest Services 2:45–3:30 The Wonders of a Woodlot! Visual overview of local plant & animal interactions
Michael Runtz, Professor & Renowned Naturalist & Photographer - Carleton U For information on sponsoring and exhibiting opportunities please contact: mwilliams@eomf.on.ca Thanks to the Grenville Community Futures Development Corporation for their financial assistance.
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.