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First railway through Diver, circa. 1910

While the era of vast log booms and well-heeled timber barons represents a page in our history, we remain deeply connected to our forests in eastern Ontario. The pictorial account in this annual report will take you through past and present in our forest history and culture, while the prose speaks to present and future – both opportunities and challenges we face as we write new pages about our ever-evolving forest industry and culture.

2010~2011 ANNUAL REPORT

Glimpses into our Forestry Culture: Past, Present and Future

Historical Photo Credits: Ontario Department of Lands & Forests Ontario Archives

Glimpses of the Present ~ EOMF AGM 2011 ~ Ross Silversides Award - Bill Hall, in memoriam

Larry Scales receives ‘50 Year Membership’ pin from David Milton of the Ontario Professional Foresters’ Association

Retiring Director – Richard David

Dave Lemkay – Guest Speaker

Missing: Karen Fraser and Rick Watchorn, Retiring Directors

Heartwood Award – Don Schell

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Table of Contents Message from the President: A Continued Commitment to Addressing Challenges ................................4 General Manager’s Report: New Horizons .................................................................................................6 Accomplishments: Embracing the ‘Zeal to Deal’ .....................................................................................10 1.0 Ontario East Wood Centre.................................................................................................................10 1.1 Advancing Forest Certification in our Communities ........................................................................11 1.2 FP Innovations Partnership: Wood Innovations Seminar Series ......................................................12 1.3 Ontario Power Generation Partnership .............................................................................................13 1.4 Bioenergy Handbook ..........................................................................................................................14 1.5 EOMF Support to the Eastern Ontario Forest Industry......................................................................14 1.6 Ecological Goods & Services: Recognizing Landowner Contributions ............................................15 1.7 Supporting Science Needs in our Communities ................................................................................16 1.8 Regional Forest Health Network – Building Community Capacity to Respond to

Risks to Forest Health.........................................................................................................................17

1.9 Community Mentoring and Naturalized Knowledge Systems ...........................................................18 1.10 Communications & Outreach in our Communities.........................................................................19 1.11 Ambassador for the Forest Communities Program............................................................................23 1.12 Strengthening Model Forest Activities Nationally and Internationally..........................................23 1.13 Species at Risk Stewardship...............................................................................................................24 Award Recipients .......................................................................................................................................25 Partners & Supporters ................................................................................................................................28 Financial Statements .................................................................................................................................32

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Message from the President:

A Continued Commitment to Addressing Challenges

EOMF Board Jim McCready, President Tony Bull, Vice-President Martin Streit, Secretary-Treasurer Leo André Richard David Achille Drouin Karen Fraser Peter Hall George Sheffield Rick Watchorn Rick Greet, CFS observer Rod Smith, CFS observer

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This past year we continued to address challenges facing the forest industry and forest-based communities in eastern Ontario and farther afield. The EOMF board, staff and partners proved their ability once again to navigate these challenges with their usual fortitude and dedication.

In the context of our partnership with the Canadian Forest Service under the Forest Communities Program, we continued to work closely with industry partners, particularly in the Ottawa Valley, to explore economic development opportunities including, for example, the creation of markets for fibre-quality wood through the pursuit of innovative partnership-based community heat and power projects. In a related vein, we’ve also spearheaded an effort on behalf of the Canadian Model Forest Network to develop a handbook designed to assist Canadian communities in assessing opportunities for undertaking combined heat and power projects, in light of key considerations such as community support and capacity, biomass supply and financing.

We continued to advance the application of forest certification on both private and community-owned forests this year, with more than 46,000 hectares now certified under the umbrella of the EOMF’s Forest Certification Program. This year we welcomed a Prescott-Russell ‘cluster’ of private landowners into the certification fold working closely with Boisés Est, an eastern Ontario-based Francophone woodlot owners association. We have also been working in close partnership with sustainable forest licences (SFLs) in Ontario to facilitate their achieving forest certification. With the EOMF’s assistance, one SFL in Ontario is now certified, and two others are poised to follow suit in the next short while.

The City of Ottawa continued to be a great ally in the EOMF-led Regional Forest Health Network (RFHN). The RFHN has been working closely with the City of Ottawa on communication and outreach efforts, technical and pragmatic issues (e.g., wood disposal methods), and science-based research in the hopes of finding solutions to slowing the spread of the emerald ash borer (EAB) by human activity – the main vector for the spread of the exotic pest. With the newly expanded Ministerial Order by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency into rural Ottawa and throughout the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville, a major effort has been underway to assist communities and private landowners in these areas. Permanent sample plots are being established in this field season in partnership with the Canadian Forest Service and the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources to study the long-range effects of EAB. New fact sheets are being produced in

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partnership with the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources to define best forestry practices for landowners in light of the arrival of EAB in the region.

The Ontario East Wood Centre (OEWC) has received its Canadian letters patent, formalizing its beginnings as an incorporated entity with its own board of directors. We are incredibly fortunate that Sandra Lawn continues to be project leader for the Wood Centre. Her enthusiasm as a champion for the Wood Centre is without compare, and her tireless efforts in helping to move things from the conceptual towards an on-the-ground reality are to be commended. The collective expertise of the OEWC board is impressive indeed, and all board members are a great resource for the Wood Centre effort. The OEWC board is working hard on securing additional financial resources to advance efforts, and to attract pilot plants and businesses to situate at the Wood Centre.

These are but a few areas in which we are working with partners to move ahead in a collaborative way. And, we owe a great debt of gratitude to our many partners and volunteers. Your generous assistance over the past year has been overwhelming and we look forward to continuing our work with every member of what has come to be described as our model forest ‘family.’ We also look forward to developing relationships with new partners and members – always expanding the circle of ‘good minds’ (a phrase coined by our friends at Akwesasne).

It is hard to believe but we are entering our final year of the Forest Communities Program with the Canadian Forest Service. The Canadian Forest Service has been a valued partner for nearly two decades and we will be waiting with baited breath to see if the Forest Communities Program will be renewed beyond March of 2012. As a member of the Canadian Model Forest Network, we are working hard to see this renewal take shape.

I cannot end this message without thanking my fellow board members for the endless hours they have dedicated to the EOMF. Their support and wisdom has been a vital asset over the course of the year. Last but certainly not least, I would like to thank the staff team. It is a true pleasure to work with such a professional and dedicated team.

Jim McCready, R.P.F. President Eastern Ontario Model Forest Loggers Squaring Logs

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General Manager’s Report: New Horizons

EOMF Staff & Associates Mark Richardson General Manager Scott Davis Forest Certification Coordinator Elizabeth Holmes Program Planning & Analysis Coordinator Mary Humphries Administrative Coordinator Nicholas Ménard Intern Erin Neave, Biodiversity Specialist Melanie Williams Communications Coordinator

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This past year has been one of accomplishment for the EOMF – one that we hope will set the stage for the successful completion of our fiveyear strategic plan under the Forest Communities Program (FCP) on March 31, 2012. At this time, our partners at Natural Resources Canada are working with us to evaluate past activities and define the direction for the next phase of the program. A lot has happened since we embarked on this journey in 2007, but I am confident that we continue to provide a positive community-based multi-stakeholder approach to easing the challenges faced by a forest sector in transition. The FCP provides us with a platform to engage in activities targeted at fostering community and sector sustainability, both of which are paramount to the future of forestry in the settled landscape of Ontario. A new horizon is emerging for the forest sector in Canada, one that complements the traditional sawn and pulp products that we have been harvesting from our forests for the past century. Innovative uses of the wood fibre will add value and create opportunities leading to investment and jobs for the forest sector. We are heading to a time when the economic value of a tree will be dependent on a multitude of market-based drivers that will lessen the influence of external factors like U.S. housing starts. In short, we will be able to add the production of chemicals, electrons, and fossil fuel substitutes, as well as a myriad of other emerging possibilities to the traditional list of uses for a tree.

Many of the projects and programs we initiated back in 2007 continue to progress forward during times that remain challenging for the forest sector and the forested land base as a whole. This past year has also been one of new partnerships and opportunities; we hope this will lead to further long-term collaboration because the continuing challenges faced by the forest sector can only be overcome through support and effort from all levels of government, NGOs, private landowners and forest sector businesses. Equally, this year has been one of emerging needs and challenges that will require our attention in the years to come. Our core projects continue to make significant progress and I am pleased to report that, in many cases, we have exceeded our own expectations – there is still a long way to go, but we have made good strides forward.

Forest Certification – The market for certified fibre really seems to be gaining momentum and thanks to our partners at the Renfrew County Community Futures Development Corporation, we have expanded our outreach into Renfrew County and up the Ottawa Valley. Certification continues to offer significant opportunities for forest owners in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence forest region. It provides consumers with the assurance that good forest management is an important part of the

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production of the wood-based product they are purchasing. Strong markets for fibre quality wood are necessary for a productive forest and forest sector, and, inevitably, the public will demand that the wood supply feeding these new and traditional markets comes from wellmanaged sources – only third-party certification offers the assurance needed to ensure that private land sources meet these demands. I steadfastly believe it represents the best opportunity for private land forests to be a part of the evolving new horizons for the forest sector.

Ontario East Wood Centre – The dedication of the board of directors of the Ontario East Wood Centre (OEWC) and Sandra Lawn, the Wood Centre project leader, merits acknowledgement. The Wood Centre is its own corporation now, with a strong board and continued support from the Township of Edwardsburgh/Cardinal. None of this would have been possible without a committed group of individuals leading the charge.

Ecological Goods and Services – Over the course of the year, we’ve completed a series of eight focus groups with over 80 private landowners, exploring mechanisms for better recognizing their contributions in providing and safeguarding ecological goods and services (EG&S). The focus groups spanned not only the geography of the EOMF, but also presented the opportunity to engage with a great diversity of individuals from the woodlot owner, farm and development community. A card of thanks is owed to each and every participant, whose thoughtful feedback and ideas will feed into the next step of working towards piloting – with partners in the policy and program delivery community – an approach for better recognizing landowners in the EOMF area. While the complexity of issues involved is demanding a certain degree of contemplative, unrushed reflection, we are making significant inroads in this challenging program area.

Forest Health – There will always be a need for a coordinated effort combating the many native and non-native pests and pathogens that affect the productivity of our forests. The EOMF has continued to foster opportunities for the Regional Forest Health Network to make a positive contribution in this area, forging ahead with community engagement efforts (spanning rural and urban) though workshops and information sharing.

Common to every year in this organization’s history, we started this fiscal with an ambitious plan to continue existing projects and seek new opportunities that advance our ‘cause.’ One of these new projects involved a strategic partnership between our organization and FP Innovations, and I am pleased to report that we have set the stage for what I hope will be continued future collaboration that brings the strengths of both organizations together to address market needs for the value-added wood products sector. We need to advocate for the use of Camp

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Ontario wood and the potential of the Ontario wood products sector.

This project touched on both these topics, delivering information on lean manufacturing, sales and marketing, and bioenergy, as well as specific one-on-one consultation with forest-based business. There continues to be a need to develop strong linkages into the users of the wood we harvest, and this effort with FP Innovations will open more doors for us to do so.

The EOMF works in the settled landscapes of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence forest region. Although we have always covered a rather large geographic area, it is worth noting that our outreach extends well beyond that traditional boundary. The porous nature of the EOMF boundary allows us the freedom to pursue activities in support of our long-term vision with a wide number of partners. This flexibility is truly one of our strengths.

So, what’s in store for the EOMF in 2011-12, the last year of what we hope will be the first of yet more phases of the FCP to come? Well, it is an ambitious goal that includes finishing what we said we were going to do when we started back in 2007; it is also one of reflecting on what we have done, and seeing how we can do it even better next time. Finally, it is one of advocacy for quality programs like the FCP that allow us to do what we do, but also of advocacy for the forest sector and the communities it supports. We need to continue seeking opportunities from our forests – wildlife, water, wood and air are all dependent on them. A healthy forest sector is one of the best ways to ensure healthy and productive forests – so let’s cut some trees and not be shy about being proud of the benefits they provide. We know how to manage our forests well for whatever value or values we so desire, and thanks to programs like the FCP, the EOMF fills a valuable niche – facilitating good management through strong partnerships that lead to stronger and more resilient forest-based communities.

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Lastly, I need to acknowledge the dedication of EOMF’s family of staff, board members and volunteers – without their tireless effort, and, most importantly, their belief in the potential of this organization to make a positive difference to the forests of southern Ontario, true accomplishment would not be possible. A commitment to a vision, especially one of seven generations, requires a long-term approach involving multiple partners. We share our responsibility to the forest together and we do this, not because we can and not because we are paid to, but because we want to. The monies that we raise and leverage through the FCP and other sources pale in comparison to the true value of the contributions made by our members, partners and supporters. I am honoured to have had the opportunity to work with so many dedicated folks over the past year and I look forward to completing our 5-year strategic plan and being part of what the future holds for the EOMF.

Mark Richardson, R.P.F. General Manager Eastern Ontario Model Forest

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Accomplishments:

Embracing the ‘Zeal to Deal’

Ontario East Wood Centre Board of Directors Alastair Baird, Renfrew County Economic Development Officer for Natural Resources Brian Barkley, RPF, interim chair of the board Ray Bonenberg, retired Regional Director, Southern Region, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources Tony Bull, (founding director), VP EOMF Dr. Michel Caron, La cité collégiale Larry Dishaw, (founding director), former mayor of Township of Edwardsburgh/Cardinal Deputy Mayor John Hunter, Township of Edwardsburgh/Cardinal Geri Kamenz, Chair of Ontario Farm Products Marketing Commission, area farmer Sandra S. Lawn, (founding director), Ontario East Wood Centre Project Leader Dave Lemkay, Renfrew Economic Development Commission Henry Lickers, Mohawk Council of Akwesasne Jason Linkewich, B. Com, FCMA, Vice President – Fibre Supply Strategy, Tembec Dr. Steven Liss, Vice Principal (Research), Queen’s University Dennis Senik, P. Eng., MBA Dr. Sandy Smith, Dean of Faculty of Forestry at University of Toronto François Tanguay, Coalition Bois (Québec) Dr. Ed White, Professor Emeritus, SUNY-ESF Michael Wildman, CAO Township of Edwardsburgh/Cardinal

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As our twentieth anniversary draws ever nearer, we have much to celebrate. Our good fortune in working with such dedicated and passionate individuals, the many teachings and learnings shared with us over the years, the friendships, our many accomplishments – often pushing the envelope into uncharted territory, and, in doing so, having realized a number of innovative ‘firsts’ of which we can be proud. This year, as with the previous 18, is testimony to what is achievable in embracing the Zeal to Deal, founded on the principles of respect, equity and empowerment. In the pages that follow we reflect on some of our accomplishments over the course of the past year – always reminded that cooperation is the way to survive, and ever-inspired by the many kindred spirits and enlightened teachers in our midst.

1.0 ONTARIO EAST WOOD CENTRE As the 2010 fiscal year drew to a close much excitement was in the air – the Ontario East Wood Centre (OEWC) had received its Canadian letters patent, formalizing its beginnings as an incorporated entity with its own board of directors. Over the course of the current fiscal year, the EOMF continued to serve as a catalyst for the Wood Centre effort, providing encouragement, guidance and partnership building support as appropriate to the activities undertaken by the OEWC board of directors. The OEWC board as a whole boasts an impressive resume.

The business community is represented on the board, as is the academic community through Queen’s University, the University of Toronto and the State University of New York-College of Environmental Science and Forestry. Economic development, municipal and First Nations interests are also at the board table. The collective expertise is impressive indeed, and all board members are a great resource for the Wood Centre effort. Sandra Lawn continues to serve as project leader for the Wood Centre – and we owe a great debt of gratitude for her tireless efforts in moving the Wood Centre from concept to reality.

The OEWC board is working hard on securing additional financial resources to enable the hiring of a full-time coordinator for the Wood Centre effort. A further priority for the board is attracting pilot plants and businesses to situate at the Wood Centre. The board is pressing on with this important work, with the ultimate vision of a thriving centre of excellence for research, development and demonstration and the manufacture of value-added wood products destined for both domestic and international markets.

The Township of Edwardsburgh/Cardinal remains a staunch supporter of the Wood Centre effort. The Wood Centre effort has also harnessed the energies of many academic and research institutions, particularly

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Queen’s University and the University of Toronto, in supporting the progression from primary research on the development of new, cellulosebased bioproducts to full commercial feasibility. In addition, memoranda of understanding are in place with La Cité collégiale, Algonquin College and St. Lawrence College, formalizing efforts to link wood-based research and applied activities at these institutions to potential pilot/demonstration/commercialization plant establishments at the Wood Centre.

The Wood Centre project is part of a broader effort by the EOMF to support a forest (and indeed rural) sector in transition. Traditional markets have changed, likely forever. Forest industry is working hard to develop new markets, and part of the future is in biomass heat, energy and an array of wood-based products, all of which would replace our current almost complete dependence on fossil sources. The EOMF is active on all these fronts, hoping to add to the momentum for change that will resurrect and bolster a healthy market for wood products, thus maintaining healthy rural communities in eastern Ontario.

Certification Working Group Martin Streit, Co-chair Wade Knight, Co-chair Brian Anderson Achille Drouin

1.1 ADVANCING FOREST CERTIFICATION IN OUR COMMUNITIES The area certified under the Forest Certification Program continued to expand this year. The total certified area now surpasses 46,000 hectares, including 36,700 hectares in community forests and 9,500 hectares in private forests. Notably, a new ‘Boisés Est cluster’ took shape in PrescottRussell, expanding the private land inclusions in the program. Meanwhile, Lavern Heideman & Sons brought their family-owned land into the fold to complement their existing chain of custody certificate. With the EOMF’s mentoring support, the Ottawa Valley Forest was certified.

In addition, we played an important role in assisting both the MazinawLanark and Bancroft-Minden Sustainable Forest Licenses (SFLs) in gap analyses to assess their readiness for FSC certification.

Ray Fortune Nicolas Gauthier Jim Gilmour Steven Hunter Jim McCready Geoff McVey Jeff Muzzi Mark Richardson Tom Richardson Linda Touzin Tony Bull, EOCFO Liaison

We were successful this year in a major funding proposal to the Renfrew County Community Futures Development Corporation that allowed us to expand our work with private woodlot owners in Renfrew County in pursuing FSC certification. This funding also supported efforts to assist

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forest-based businesses in achieving chain of custody certification.

We also secured funding through the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (Eastern Ontario Development Program) for a project entitled ‘Building Market Access through FSC Forest Certification.’ Under the auspices of this project, we delivered a training workshop in Bancroft, Ontario on FSC certification – with some 60 interested individuals and organizations having attended to learn more about FSC certification and associated opportunities for landowners, land managers and forest-based businesses. The project also enabled us to pursue efforts to engage a broader complement of private landowners and community forest owners in FSC certification. In addition, we were able to develop a suite of resource materials for those seeking a better understanding of FSC certification. The infusion of support also enabled us to create a web-based data management tool for better tracking and keeping certification information up-to-date.

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Another ground breaking achievement this year comes in the form of the Group Chain of Custody certificate that we pursued successfully – again, expanding the scope of the Forest Certification Program. This certificate will assist small family-focused entities in marketing and selling their forest products as FSC-certified under a group management structure, making certification affordable.

Scott Davis, our Forest Certification Coordinator, continued to share with others our experiences with forest certification and its application on the ground through various speaking engagements and workshops throughout the EOMF, including a featured presentation at the National Capital Wildlife Festival gala held at the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa. On the international stage, Scott travelled to Burgos, Spain to profile our certification efforts at the Global Forum hosted by the International Model Forest Network.

1.2 FP INNOVATIONS PARTNERSHIP: WOOD

INNOVATIONS SEMINAR SERIES We were successful this year in securing a major funding proposal through the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario to carry out a project, in partnership with FP Innovations, focused on technical support for the wood products sector. Ontario’s wood products and value-added sectors drive the market demand for much of the harvested material coming from our forests. By providing companies with information on how they can improve their competitiveness, we can foster new opportunities for Ontario wood. A key thrust in this effort was the delivery of an Ontario-wide technical seminar series that explored three topics relating to wood innovations including: bioenergy products, processes and possibilities; opportunities for enhancing marketing and sales of value-added wood products; and, lean manufacturing principles. In total six seminars were delivered, engaging Annual Report 2010 ~ 2011

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some 62 participants. Feedback from attendees was positive and the consensus was that information provided was relevant, practical and beneficial to local businesses. Seminar locations included Bancroft, Pembroke, Kemptville, Kingston, Peterborough and Ottawa – extending our reach well beyond the traditional EOMF boundary. We also played a role in facilitating several process and product development studies involving three local wood products businesses. These process and product development studies are an excellent way for industry to improve business capacity by reviewing existing manufacturing and management practices – with improved practices resulting in a healthier ‘bottom line.’

The hope is to expand the scope of this effort in the 2011-12 fiscal (e.g., by delivering on new topics). Our ability to do so will be contingent upon securing additional funding support. We are very fortunate to have had the opportunity to work with FP Innovations and look forward to future collaborative endeavours.

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1.3 ONTARIO POWER GENERATION PARTNERSHIP We continued to liaise with Ontario Power Generation (OPG) on forest and chain of custody certification opportunities. We also participated in a sustainability analysis commissioned by OPG and undertaken by the Pembina Institute. This analysis was concerned particularly with questions of: 1) fibre sustainability (Is there enough fibre to support OPG’s plan to convert from coal-based to wood-based energy sources?) and, 2) the effect of such a conversion plan on carbon resources.

(A proprietary report on the results of the analysis is in OPG’s possession.) Subsequently, OPG invited us to serve as a member of the Technical Advisory Group associated with the sustainability analysis.

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1.4 BIOENERGY HANDBOOK In partnership with the Canadian Model Forest Network, under its National Initiative on Bioenergy, the EOMF spearheaded the development of a handbook and associated website designed to assist communities in assessing opportunities for undertaking bioenergy projects. A steering committee comprised of individuals representing model forests from across the country provided guidance and expertise to the effort. The handbook, entitled ‘Biomass Heating and Electricity Production: A Guidebook for Rural Communities in Canada,’ presents some bioenergy fundamentals in the introductory pages and then turns to a discussion of some challenges for woody biomass heat and power production in Canada. The balance of the handbook is devoted to an in-depth exploration of considerations relating to economic feasibility, environmental risks and benefits, and community benefits.

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The formal launch of the website (www.wood4energy.ca) will take place in the 2011-12 fiscal. In addition to serving as a repository for the handbook and related bioenergy information materials and references, the website will serve as a platform for an online decision support tool for evaluating bioenergy options at the community level. Development of this online decision support tool will be the focus of efforts in the months ahead.

1.5 EOMF SUPPORT TO THE EASTERN ONTARIO

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Over the course of the year, we worked closely with industry partners, particularly in the Ottawa Valley, to explore the nature and potential of new and innovative fibre-based opportunities. Alongside the County of Renfrew and Queen’s University (Monieson Centre), we continued to explore the conditions needed for community heat and power plants (CHPs) to become a feasible alternative to fossil-fuelled heating and

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power, including questions of the necessary feed-in-tariff rate (less than the existing rates for solar and wind incidentally.) We also developed a think piece on the changes needed to boiler regulations if community heat and power plants are to become a commercial reality; we presented the paper at a meeting of the Technical Standards and Safety Authority.

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We continued to play an active role in advocating for the use of woody biomass – championing a ‘wood is good’ message. Opportunities to share this message were capitalized on at Forest Communities Program Day in Ottawa, during a presentation to the Senate Standing Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, and at numerous meetings of landowners (e.g., Forest Conversion session in Avonmore, Eastern Ontario Certified Forest Owners annual meeting).

We also continued to liaise with companies interested in investing in the Ottawa Valley area. By working with our partners and providing general information on the potential of our forest resources, it is our hope to help attract new forest sector investments in this region.

Work in several other program areas also complemented efforts under this project. For example, we collaborated with FP Innovations in delivering a technical seminar series on various elements of business interest in the forest sector, and in facilitating a number of process and product development studies. Efforts under our Forest Certification Program have enabled large areas of publicly owned forests to become certified, opening additional market opportunities for industry (and resulting in greater access to traditional markets, with preference given to certified wood). As noted elsewhere, the Wood Centre effort has harnessed the energies of many institutions in the promise and potential of a revolutionized use for our forest resource.

1.6 ECOLOGICAL GOODS & SERVICES: RECOGNIZING

LANDOWNER CONTRIBUTIONS A series of eight focus groups involving more than 80 private landowners was completed this year exploring approaches and mechanisms for better recognizing landowner contributions in providing and safeguarding ecological goods and services (EG&S). The focus groups spanned the traditional geography of the EOMF, and extended into Renfrew County as well, offering the opportunity to engage with a great diversity of individuals, including woodlot owners, farmers and land developers.

Each focus group consisted of a day-long, facilitated discussion. The morning session was structured around a discussion of some of the philosophical and ethical issues relative to recognizing/remunerating landowners for providing EG&S. This included an examination of stewardship motivations, responsibilities for stewardship, and an examination of ethical questions including how one might distinguish between a duty of care (or moral responsibility) unto the land and www.eomf.on.ca

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stewardship activities that perhaps ought to be remunerated for by society. The afternoon session consisted of an examination of a number of emerging and existing mechanisms for recognizing the provision of EG&S in the context of their likely (i) acceptability, (ii) feasibility of implementation in practical terms, and, (iii) effectiveness in generating desired EG&S. While by no means meant to represent an exhaustive list, the approaches examined were intended to elicit discussion and innovative thinking about an EG&S recognition/remuneration framework for possible trial in the EOMF area.

We are indebted to all who shared their time and thoughts so freely with us. The richness of ideas shared with us was overwhelming indeed, and underscores the promise of exciting things to come. We look forward to circling back to all who participated with a summary of key themes and findings for comment and feedback.

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A parallel process of engaging policy and program delivery professionals in a dialogue about EG&S recognition mechanisms will take place this fall. The ideas and information gathered from both groups (i.e., landowners and policy/program delivery professionals) will feed into the next step of working towards vetting and identifying EG&S recognition mechanisms appropriate for potential piloting in the EOMF. Over the winter months, we’ll be convening a working group involving a complement of both private landowners and policy/program delivery professionals to press on with this important work.

1.7 SUPPORTING SCIENCE NEEDS IN OUR COMMUNITIES The Forest Science Committee is a standing committee of the EOMF and is responsible for oversight of the Science Needs Program. Committee members are volunteers with an interest in forest science issues; they provide a broad spectrum of knowledge and expertise. The committee serves to strengthen means of meeting science needs of communities through partnership-based efforts that have as their foundation an emphasis on ongoing community dialogue and engagement.

The Forest Science Committee continued to further efforts in several broad project areas this year. Of particular note, the committee continued to explore opportunities for landowners in eastern Ontario to benefit from emerging carbon markets. In addition to helping with the coordination of a ‘Brown Bag Lunch and Learn’ session on carbon crediting and the current policy backdrop, the committee played a lead role in organizing the 2010 edition of the Christmas Forest Seminar titled ‘Carbon Markets & Credits – Policies and Programs Affecting Ontario Landowners.’ In a related vein, the committee continued to play a supporting role in exploring avenues for better recognizing landowners for their role in providing ecological goods and services (EG&S).

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Several committee members participated in the EG&S focus groups referenced in the previous section of this report.

We also developed a detailed webpage on the mandate and activities of the Forest Science Committee this year. We will make further web content enhancements in the months ahead, including the addition of an analysis and discussion of regional climate change data and trends.

1.8 REGIONAL FOREST HEALTH NETWORK

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RESPOND TO RISKS TO FOREST HEALTH The EOMF continued to play a lead role in facilitating efforts of the Regional Forest Health Network (RFHN) this year. The RFHN is a partnership of more than two dozen regional organizations spanning eastern Ontario, western Quebec and northern New York State. All members are active in championing forest health and believe strongly in the merits of working together to implement strategic actions to achieve that ends. Jim McCready, President of the EOMF, continued to serve as the chair of the RFHN this year. As part of our facilitating role for the RFHN, we host meetings, act as a central repository for the distribution of relevant materials to partners, and help to coordinate the development of communications and outreach products and activities.

The emerald ash borer (EAB) continued to be top of mind for the RFHN this past year. Following the discovery of EAB outside the Ministerial Order in Ottawa and at a truck stop in Mallorytown, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) issued Ministerial Orders for all of the City of Ottawa and the entirety of the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville. The RFHN quickly took up the task of working with newly affected municipalities in these Ministerial Orders, spearheading the delivery of detection training for EAB and information workshops for landowners and practitioners alike. While the City of Ottawa took a lead role in sharing messaging about EAB with urban residents, other RFHN partners delivered messaging to rural residents. In the case of both audiences, ‘Don’t Move Firewood’ was a consistent and important message. This message was also the focus of an inaugural EAB Awareness Week, recognized formally by mayoral declaration and coordinated by the RFHN, in the City of Ottawa. Considerable publicity through both television and radio interviews helped to raise awareness about EAB and associated threats to our forests and our communities.

In partnership with the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, the RFHN also initiated work on the development of a fact sheet on best forestry practices in light of the arrival and spread of EAB in the region.

What management actions or strategies might a landowner want to consider employing if EAB presents an imminent or potential threat in his or her woodlot? How might a landowner want to adapt current

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management practices to achieve individual forest management objectives in light of EAB’s presence? The fact sheet will be completed and distributed in the months ahead.

The RFHN pursued efforts on a number of other fronts, including, for example, collaboration with the Canadian Forest Service on research examining the prospects for early detection of EAB and the effectiveness of injections. The RFHN continued to pursue work with the City of Ottawa on a strategy for the disposal of infected ash trees. Work also continued with the Mohawk community of Akwesasne on a program to protect black ash, given its importance as a primary species used in traditional basket making.

The RFHN ‘model’ has proven of great interest to other communities across the country. The governance model particularly has attracted the interest of others facing similar forest health threats. RFHN members travelled to Thunder Bay, Montreal and Lethbridge at the request of those communities, to share experiences and lend expertise.

1.9 COMMUNITY MENTORING AND NATURALIZED

KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS The application of Naturalized Knowledge Systems (NKS) thinking in nurturing respectful, equitable and empowering partnerships remains highly relevant, and we continued our efforts to share this message widely with others. We are indebted to our friends at Akwesasne for continuing to mentor us in these learnings. Ongoing efforts on this front in close cooperation with the Mohawk community of Akwesasne have continued to build community capacity and extend the reach and influence of the EOMF. A particular focus this year was the sharing and transfer of information on emerald ash borer in First Nations communities within and beyond the EOMF – for instance, at Akwesasne and Tyendinaga – through community visits and field outings. The

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emerald ash borer poses a potentially significant threat to the survivorship of black ash – the key species used in traditional basket making (a multi-million dollar a year industry at Akwesasne). We also shared messaging about the emerald ash borer at the Forest Fair of Eastern Ontario and the Kemptville Winter Woodlot Conference.

In response to frequent requests for information on NKS thinking (particularly how it has shaped our governance structure), we developed a webpage on NKS on the new EOMF website this year – please visit: www.eomf.on.ca and click the Activity Areas button at top. You will find NKS under the First Nations Engagement heading.

A suite of resource materials introduces readers to NKS principles and tools and their application.

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COMMUNITIES Communication and outreach efforts are, in many ways, the backbone of what the EOMF does. We continued to reach out to communities throughout the EOMF area, and well beyond in many cases as well.

The Communications Committee held productive meetings quarterly with board member Achille Drouin and past board member, Kerry Coleman, acting as co-chairs. We would like to extend a special thank you to all of our invaluable volunteers whose enthusiastic participation helps make our committee and our events both possible and successful. We also welcomed the involvement of Nicholas Ménard who was our Communications Intern for nine months thanks to the YMCA Youth Eco Internship Program. Nick helped us realize the rather ambitious and complex technology-oriented objectives we had outlined for this year by adding much-needed person-power – not to mention enthusiasm and aptitude at handling any task assigned to him.

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The Communications Committee provided valuable feedback into the new EOMF website review process, encouraged action on some new smaller projects, and offered input around the fulfillment of other communications objectives as outlined in this past year’s Work Plan.

Some highlights follow.

Events in the Community As in past years, we played a central role alongside partners in organizing a suite of three ‘core’ outreach events, including the Forest Fair of Eastern Ontario, the Christmas Forest Seminar and the Kemptville Winter Woodlot Conference. These events continued to be well received and attended, demonstrating the need in the community for such opportunities to share knowledge and experiences and the importance of simply taking the time to celebrate our forests and our forest communities.

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Forest Centre, and the North Grenville Chamber of Commerce. A record number of sponsors and exhibitors helped to fund the event. To round out the venue, an assortment of wood artisans demonstrated their skill, reptile and insect lovers displayed their friends, toe-tapping musicians played golden oldies, and chefs flipped burgers and sold other good eats.

This year the ever-popular Log & Lumber Auction, orchestrated by the EOMF, reported that 80 per cent of the 90 or so logs provided this year originated from certified forests that are part of the EOMF’s Forest Certification Program. Buyers were able to bid on a wide range of locallygrown species including sugar maple, red and white oak, black walnut, cherry, birch and basswood.

In December, the EOMF and the Ottawa Valley Section of the Canadian Institute of Forestry (CIF) welcomed a full house at Purvis Hall on Kemptville Campus of the University of Guelph for the annual Christmas Forest Seminar. This year’s theme ‘Carbon Markets & Credits—Policies and Programs Affecting Ontario Landowners’ provided much food for thought as our speakers engaged us in a morning of insightful presentations and discussions. This informative event has become a traditional and much anticipated gathering for those interested in a focused and circumspect investigation of topical forest-related issues, challenges and opportunities. Many thanks to our speakers – Peter Hall with CIF (and EOMF board member), Rob Keen from Trees Ontario, Michael Rosen from Tree Canada, Gary Nielsen from the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, and our own Mark Richardson.

Once again, the EOMF played a central role alongside other key partners in planning, organizing and facilitating the programming, communications, sponsorships and registration required to launch the 23rd annual Kemptville Winter Woodlot Conference in February. This year’s theme was ‘Your Property: Problems, Programs, Possibilities’ and featured speakers and exhibitors who addressed common woodlot issues and problems, provided information on helpful programs, and

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explored possibilities to enhance woodlot management. Six panellists provided overviews and updates on special programs for woodlot owners and farmers—from tax incentives to tree planting. Dr. Taylor Scarr (Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources) provided a primer on the emerald ash borer (EAB) from science and regulations to detection.

Martin Streit, Leeds-Grenville Stewardship Council, gave an informative slideshow on how best to manage ash stands in light of the EAB threat.

Other topics included species at risk in the woodlot and establishing and maintaining sugar maple orchards. The wildlife feature included an engaging presentation by the Wild Bird Care Centre located in Bells Corners.

We also participated in a number of other events throughout the year.

In September, Mark Richardson, Scott Davis, and Sandra Lawn managed our exhibit and imparted information on the Wood Centre, forest certification, and EAB to senior bureaucrats and politicians attending the annual Ontario East Municipal Conference in Kingston. The Forest Pest Management Forum marked its 58th anniversary this year. Hosted

by Natural Resources Canada, with event administration facilitated by the EOMF, this annual event is the largest and most significant gathering of forest-pest management experts, managers and practitioners in Canada.

This year’s event also featured an EAB Day. The year was capped off by our traditional presence at the annual Ottawa Woodworking Show held at Lansdowne Park – an event that we could not attend without the involvement of our generous volunteers.

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Information & Tools Last September we completed a lengthy and complex website renewal, and proudly announced the launch of our new site at www.eomf.on.ca.

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leading-edge programming tools in the new site to help us more effectively share news, information and knowledge with partners and communities in (and beyond) the EOMF. Enhancements include RSS newsfeeds, interactive and layered satellite maps, a blog for two-way discussion, an online document reader linked to our extensive publications catalogue, a powerful and easy-to-use document search function that can also search partner databases, a versatile and searchable events calendar, and, an expanded photo gallery, among others. Revised content speaks to goals and progress in our core program areas under the Forest Communities Program. A special thank you to the dynamic duo of Vince and Cindy Murphy, owners and operators of ProbaseWeb, a local Kemptville-based firm, for going above and beyond in helping us to implement our vision of an open-source, leading-edge and fully-featured website.

As part of the website renewal effort, we incorporated into our design specifications the development of an efficient electronic newsletter tool dubbed ‘EOMF E-News.’ It has fulfilled its mandate for enabling greater efficiency in our communications and outreach, with eight issues circulated to date – which has enabled us to do a better job of keeping members, partners and community members current on latest news and developments. If you are not on our distribution list and would like to be, please share your email address with us.

Education Initiatives As part of our commitment to promote dialogue with and among our partners, members, and interested organizations and individuals, we initiated a Brown Bag Lunch & Learn Series this year. We organize a session topic exploring a forestry-related issue and participants are encouraged to share their lunch hour with us, bringing along their own brown bag lunch – a cost-effective (and fun!) opportunity to explore forestry issues. This year we hosted two such sessions: ‘Carbon Offsets 101’ and ‘The What’s and Why’s of RSS Newsfeeds & Our New Website.’ Feedback from participants was positive and we look forward to hosting more sessions in 2011-12.

Building on the tradition of past years, we again supported the Grenville Land Stewardship Council in the delivery of Envirothon, a North American-wide high school environmental education program and competition. During the event, held at Limerick Forest, our Communications intern, Nicholas Ménard, engaged students in a hands-on experience in forest management and tested their newly acquired knowledge.

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and an engraved plaque to a deserving student. Recipients are chosen by their respective schools and the awards are then presented on our behalf during formal graduation ceremonies.

1.11 AMBASSADOR FOR THE FOREST COMMUNITIES

PROGRAM In cooperation with other Forest Communities Program (FCP) sites across the country, we continued to foster the building of relationships with forest-dependent communities around the globe – sharing how model forest concepts and principles, as reflected in delivery of FCP programs and activities, are contributing to healthy and vibrant forestdependent communities. We hosted a field day with a visiting delegation from Indonesia, during which we profiled our forest certification and Wood Centre efforts, among others, and spoke to accomplishments to date under the FCP. A number of other opportunities for playing our role as an ambassador for the Forest Communities Program were capitalized on, for example, at the at the Global Forum in Burgos, Spain where we showcased our forest certification and ecological goods and services projects at a dedicated poster session, and at the Ontario East Municipal Conference in Kingston.

1.12 STRENGTHENING MODEL FOREST ACTIVITIES

NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY In addition to our efforts in support of local communities, we remain dedicated to strengthening model forest activities throughout Canada and around the world. We have worked closely with the Canadian Model Forest Network (CMFN) and the International Model Forest Network (IMFN) in these efforts.

Activities in Support of the Canadian Model Forest Network • Serving as champion/lead for the National Bioenergy Initiative, providing oversight for the development of a bioenergy handbook and associated website • Ongoing participation as a member of the Ecological Goods & Services Working Group • Collaborating with Prince Albert Model Forest to help sponsor two Canadian forestry graduate students for a nine-month research and knowledge exchange opportunity with the Bosque Modelo de Araucarias del Alto Malleco in Chile Activities in Support of the International Model Forest Network • Participation at the Global Forum in Burgos, Spain, where we showcased our Forest Certification Program and our ecological goods and services project • Preparation of an article on our ‘cross-border’ collaborative experiences for incorporation in a success story publication developed for the Global Forum www.eomf.on.ca

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• Hosting visiting delegations and fielding requests for information from the international community about model forest governance processes and activities

1.13 SPECIES AT RISK STEWARDSHIP The EOMF plays an active role in encouraging species at risk stewardship activities across eastern Ontario. Given that close to 90 per cent of the land in the EOMF is privately owned, the participation of private landowners is critical to the success of species at risk stewardship and recovery efforts. We continued to work closely with partners to share information on species at risk with landowners and encourage their participation in stewardship activities. As a ‘go-between’ of sorts between government and landowners, we are helping to build trust in the landowner community, and are providing an open forum for landowners to share their views about newly-instated species at risk legislation.

Monarch butterfly cocoon Photo: Simon Lunn

In May of this year, we convened a focus group session on Species at Risk to elicit landowner and land manager views on the Endangered Species Act and its implementation. Participants were asked to share their views and concerns about the ESA and its implementation, and brainstormed ideas as to how its implementation might be improved to make it more ‘palatable’ (less threatening, less burdensome and less costly) for landowners and yet achieve its objective of protecting species at risk. The group also considered ways in which existing stewardship and incentives programs could be (more) effective vehicles for encouraging landowner participation in species at risk stewardship efforts.

A synthesis report is being compiled, with the intent of sharing the findings with senior decision makers within the Ministry of Natural Resources – and, ultimately, with the hope of effecting positive policy change that serves to encourage and foster landowner participation in species at risk stewardship and recovery efforts.

We were also successful this year in securing support through the Species at Risk Stewardship Fund (Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources) to undertake habitat surveys to validate existing habitat models for several species at risk in eastern Ontario. The uncertainty associated with habitat suitability predictions is rarely considered, and yet validation of such predictions is a critical step to ensure the usefulness of models before they are applied. In order to test habitat suitability predictions, field surveys were carried out (largely in Lanark County in the 2010 field season) to ensure that habitat relationships defined in the models and applied to existing data sources translated to useful habitat predictions on the ground. The validation process identifies both the potential limitations in GIS data and allows for model improvements. This process of validating habitat suitability models is enabling refinements over time, improving decision-making and furthering species at risk stewardship efforts in eastern Ontario.

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25 Eastern Ontario Forest Group Honourary Members & Recipients of the Ross Silversides Forestry Award HONOURARY members and recipients of the Ross Silversides Forestry Award are identified by the Board of Directors for their outstanding contribution to forestry in eastern Ontario or as past or present residents who have made a major contribution to forestry elsewhere in the world.

1993 ~ C. Ross Silversides, Maitland, Ontario (Honourary) 1994 ~ Bess Silversides, Maitland, Ontario (Honourary) 1994 ~ Ernest M. Kaientaronkwen Benedict, Akwesasne 1995 ~ Teharonianeken, Chief Jake Swamp, Akwesasne 1996 ~ Ewan Caldwell, Rockcliffe Park, Ontario 1996 ~ Ferdinand LaRose, Bourget, Ontario 1996 ~ Françoise LaBelle, St. Bruno Quebec (Honourary) 1998 ~ Sandra S. Lawn, Prescott, Ontario 1999 ~ William K. “Old Bill” Fullerton, Manotick, Ontario 2000 ~ Jim Cayford, Barrhaven, Ontario 2001 ~ George Fowler, Iroquois, Ontario 2001 ~ Henry Atsienhanonne Arquette, Akwesasne 2002 ~ John Kerr-Wilson, Ompah, Ontario 2003 ~ Ray & Ruth Fortune, Almonte, Ontario 2004 ~ Wayne D. Young, Cornwall, Ontario 2005 ~ Peter M. Murray, Gananoque, Ontario 2006 ~ F. Henry Lickers, Akwesasne 2007 ~ Edwin H. White, Marcellus, New York 2007 ~ Brian A. Barkley, Elma, Ontario 2008 ~ Richard David, Akwesasne 2009 ~ Dave Chapeskie, Spencerville, Ontario 2010 ~ Dave Neave, Nepean, Ontario 2011 ~ William (Bill) Hall, Renfrew, Ontario

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2003 ~ Stacie Down, North Grenville District High School 2003 ~ Andrew Bennett, St. Michael Catholic High School 2004 ~ Scott Billings, North Grenville District High School 2004 ~ Chantal Quesnel, St. Michael Catholic High School 2005 ~ Alyxander Holden, North Grenville District High School 2005 ~ Emily Bradburn, St. Michael Catholic High School 2006 ~ Nick Barnum, North Grenville District High School 2006 ~ Alex Quesnel, St. Michael Catholic High School 2007 ~ Jeremy Ross, North Grenville District High School 2007 ~ Jeri Shaw, St. Michael Catholic High School 2008 ~ Tory McShane, North Grenville District High School 2008 ~ Alexandra Bradburn, St. Michael Catholic High School 2009 ~ Tim Harding, North Grenville District High School 2009 ~ Kyra Springer, St. Michael Catholic High School 2010 ~ Jennifer Gale, North Grenville District High School 2010 ~ Nick Weissflog, St. Michael Catholic High School 2011 ~ Lauren Sheets, North Grenville District High School 2011 ~ Madison De Pater, St. Michael Catholic High School 2011 ~ Kathleen McTavish, St. Michael Catholic High School

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Eastern Ontario Forest Group Recipients of the Heartwood Award THE Heartwood Award is presented in recognition of an individual or group who has made an exceptional volunteer contribution to the Eastern Ontario Model Forest.

2005 ~ Sally Hamilton, Kemptville, Ontario 2006 ~ John P. Wilson, Kemptville, Ontario 2007 ~ Tony Bull, Ottawa, Ontario 2008 ~ Alf Campbell, Kemptville, Ontario 2008 ~ Jim Gilmour, Watson’s Corners, Ontario 2009 ~ Hans Ottens, Maberly, Ontario 2010 ~ Achille Drouin, Casselman, Ontario 2011 ~ Don Schell, Tatlock, Ontario

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Partners & Supporters 1st Kemptville Scout Troop AECOM Agence régionale de mise en valeur des forêts privées outaouaises Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Agricultural Research Institute of Ontario ALBA Wilderness School Albert Larocque Lumber Ltd. Alf’s Forest Service Algonquin College, Forestry Technician Program Algonquin First Nation of Golden Lake Algonquin to Adirondack Conservation Association Amis de la Forêt La Blanche Arbex Forest Development Ltd. Barbara Heck Foundation (Landon Bay Environmental Learning Centre) Barr Lumber Ltd. Baxter Conservation Area BIOCAP Canada Foundation Biological Checklist of the Kemptville Creek Drainage Basin Bishops Mills Natural History Centre Bluebird Acres Boisés Est Butler Consultants Canada Science and Technology Museum Canadian Biodiversity Institute Canadian Centre for Remote Sensing Canadian Ecology Centre Canadian Federation of Nature Canadian Federation of Woodlot Owners Canadian Food Inspection Agency Canadian Forest Service Canadian Forestry Association Canadian Institute of Forestry Canadian Lumbermen’s Association Canadian Model Forest Network Clayoquot Forest Communities Resources North Association Foothills Research Institute Prince Albert Model Forest Weberville Community Model Forest Manitoba Model Forest Northeast Superior Forest Communit

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Lake Abitibi Model Forest Association des intervenants forestiers des Hautes-Laurentides Lac-Saint-Jean Model Forest Cree R&D Institute Fundy Model Forest Nova Forest Alliance Model Forest of Newfoundland & Labrador Canadian Museum of Nature Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society Canadian Wildlife Service Canadian Wood Fibre Centre Carleton Place Forest Advisory Committee Carleton Place Secondary High School Carleton University Cataraqui River Conservation Authority Centre for Geographic Information Systems Centre for Sustainable Watersheds Charleston Lake Environmental Association Charleston Lake Provincial Park City of Brockville City of Gatineau City of Ottawa, Forestry Services Cobjon Nutculture Services Commonwealth Plywood Co. Ltd. Community Stewardship Council of Lanark County Conservation Ontario Cooper Marsh Conservation Area Country Lane Fine Wood Products County of Lanark County of Renfrew Coyncrest Farms Dalkeith Lumber David Black Ash Consulting Delcan Engineers Planners Dendron Resource Surveys Inc. D.I.A.M.O.N.D.S. Conservation Land Trust DM Solutions Doyletech Corporation Drentex Field Services Drummond’s Sugarbush Ducks Unlimited Dundas Soil & Crop Improvement Association DuPont Canada

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Partners & Supporters Eastern Chapter of the Society of Ontario Nut Growers Eastern Counties Local, Ontario Maple Syrup Producers’ Association Eastern Ontario Certified Forest Owners Eastern Ontario Development Program Eastern Ontario Urban Forest Network Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Network Eco-Think ELORIN Ensyn Environment Canada ERDAS ESRI Canada Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario FedNor Ferguson Forest Centre FERIC Finnish Forest Research Institute (METLA) Fisheries and Oceans Canada Foreign Affairs & International Trade Canada Forest Gene Conservation Association Forest Products Association of Canada Forest Stewardship Council of Canada Forestry Research Partnership Forintek Canada Corporation Fortune Farms Fowler Tree Farms FP Innovations Friend of the Ferguson Forest Centre Frontenac Arch Biosphere Reserve Frontenac Community Futures Development Corporation Frontenac Stewardship Council Fulton’s Pancake House and Sugar Bush Gananoque Forestree Advisory Committee GeoConnections Gesner and Associates GKR Consulting Goodfellow Agricola Consultants Inc. Great Lakes Forest Alliance Great Lakes Forestry Centre GreenField Ethanol Grenville Community Futures Development

Corporation Haliburton Forest and Wildlife Reserve Ltd. Haliburton Highlands Stewardship Council Halifax Global Management Consultants Hardy Stevenson and Associates Hastings Stewardship Council Herb Shaw & Sons Ltd. Home Depot Foundation Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy International Centre for Research in Agroforestry International Joint Commission International Model Forest Network Invista, Maitland Ontario Site Iroquois Enterprises King’s Forestry Service La Cité collégiale Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority Lakehead University Lanark Cedar Lanark & District Fish and Game Club Lanark & District Maple Syrup Producer’s Association Lanark & Leeds Green Community Program LandOwner Resource Centre Larose Forest Advisory Committee Lavern Heideman & Sons Ltd. Leeds-Grenville Stewardship Council Lennox & Addington Stewardship Council Leo André Ltd. Limerick Forest Advisory Committee L.R. McVeigh Lumber Ltd. Mazinaw-Lanark Forest Inc. McCann’s Forest Products McCready Tree & Forestry Consulting McGill University Mersey Tobeatic Research Institute Metcalf Foundation Mississippi Valley Conservation Mississippi Valley Field Naturalists M.J. Umpherson Lumber Co. Ltd. Mohawk Council of Akwesasne, Department of the Environment Municipality of North Grenville Murray Brothers Lumber National Aboriginal Forestry Association

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Partners & Supporters National Capital Commission National Forest Strategy Coalition National Research Council National Wildlife Research Centre Natural Heritage Information Centre Natural Resources Canada Nature Conservancy of Canada (Ontario) Neave Resource Management New York State, Department of Environmental Conservation Norampac Inc., Trenton Division North American Maple Syrup Council North Grenville Chamber of Commerce North Grenville District High School North Leeds Community Development Corporation Northumberland County Northumberland Stewardship Council Ontario East Economic Development Commission Ontario Federation of Agriculture Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters Ontario Forest Research Institute Ontario Forestry Association Ontario Maple Syrup Producers’ Association Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing Ontario Ministry of the Environment Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources Ontario Nature Ontario Power Generation Ontario Professional Foresters Association Ontario Stewardship Ontario Woodlot Association Lower Ottawa Valley Chapter Renfrew County Chapter Opeongo Forestry Service Ottawa Cleantech Initiative Ottawa Field Naturalists Ottawa Forests & Greenspace Advisory Committee Ottawa Stewardship Council Ottawa Valley Section - Canadian Institute of Forestry Ottawa Valley Forest Sustainable Forest Licence Parks Canada Parks Ontario Petawawa National Research Forest

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Pinegrove Biotechnical Pinegrove Productions Policy Research Initiative Popkie Lumber Ltd. Poplar Council of Canada Port of Prescott Prescott-Russell Economic Development Office Prescott-Russell Stewardship Council Prince Edward Stewardship Council Queen’s University Queen’s University, School of Business, Monieson Centre Queen’s University, Sustainable Bioeconomy Centre Queen’s University Biological Station Rainforest Alliance Raisin Region Conservation Authority Renfrew County Stewardship Council Renfrew County Community Futures Development Corporation Resource Efficient Agricultural Production Canada Resource Stewardship S.D. & G. Richard Ivey Foundation Rideau Valley Conservation Authority Rideau Valley Field Naturalist Club St. Lawrence County, New York State St. Lawrence Islands National Park St. Lawrence Parks Commission St. Lawrence River Institute of Environmental Sciences St. Michael Catholic High School St. Regis Tribal Council Sand Road Sugar Camp Sandra S. Lawn & Associates Inc. Seburn Ecological Services Sierra Club of Canada SmartWood Smurfit-Stone Forest Resources, Pontiac South Nation Conservation State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry Steve Rand Consulting and Forestry Services Stewardship Network of Ontario Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry Certified Forest Owners Inc.

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Partners & Supporters Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry Community Futures Corporation Stormont Soil and Crop Improvement Association Sugarbush Cabinet Company Ltd. Superior Forestry Consulting Sustainable Forest Management Network Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Temples Sugar Camp TD Graham + Associates The Agricola Group The Old Field Garden & Wildflower Nursery The Ontario Trillium Foundation 1000 Islands Field Naturalists 1000 Islands Forest Farm Thousand Islands Heritage Conservancy Thousand Islands Watershed Land Trust TMR Consulting Toronto Zoo Town of Carleton Place Town of Gananoque Town of Oakville Town of Perth Town of Prescott Town of Smiths Falls Township of Edwardsburgh/Cardinal Township of Front of Yonge Township of Leeds and the Thousand Islands Township of South Dundas Tree Canada Foundation Tree of Peace Society Trees Ontario Foundation Treeworks and Resource Management Trent University United Counties of Leeds and Grenville United Counties of Prescott and Russell United Counties of Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry University of Guelph University of Guelph, Kemptville Campus University of Guelph, Alfred Campus University of Ottawa University of Toronto, Faculty of Forestry University of Waterloo Upper Canada District School Board Upper Canada Migratory Bird Sanctuary

VA Designs Valley Heartland Community Futures Economic Development Corporation Vankleek Hill Nature Society Victoria Land and Water Stewardship Council V.J. Nordin and Associates Ltd. Wanakena Ranger School Westport and Area Outdoor Association Westwind Forest Stewardship Inc. Wheeler’s Pancake House & Sugar Camp Wildlife Habitat Canada World Wildlife Fund Wren Resources YMCA Youth Eco Internship Program

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