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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!
Your Property: Problems, Programs, Possibilities When: Wednesday February 23, 2011 9:00—3:30 Coffee & Registration from 8:00
Where: W.B. George Centre Kemptville Campus (University of Guelph) 830 Prescott St, Kemptville See map on back or click: Map
This theme for the 24th annual conference will feature speakers and exhibitors that will enable landowners to explore the array of available programs available to them that may help them to address problems and explore possible solutions!
* Agenda * 8:00 – 9:00
Registration, Coffee, Exhibits
9:00 – 9:10
Welcome
9:10 – 10:00 Emerald Ash Borer Science, Regulations, Detection, Protection Taylor Scarr,Provincial Forest Entomologist, Ontario Min. of Natural Resources
Thoughts on Forest Management vis-à-vis EAB
Martin Streit, Stewardship Coordinator, Leeds-Grenville Stewardship Council
10:00 – 10:30 Establishing and Maintaining Sugar Maple Orchards Todd Leuty, Agroforestry Specialist, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA)
Cost: $30 incl hot lunch $20 without lunch
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break & Exhibits 11:00 – 12:00 Species at Risk in the Woodlot * Key Species to Look For James Pagé, Natural Heritage Biologist, OMNR
Registration Details: contact Mary Humphries 613-258-8241 modelforest@eomf.on.ca OR register online @: WWC Event Registration
To find out more about joining our growing list of Sponsors & Exhibitors please contact: Melanie at: mwilliams@eomf.on.ca or (613) 258-8365
* Butternut Recovery Program
Rose Fleguel, Butternut Recovery Technician, RVCA
12:00 – 1:30
Lunch & Exhibits
1:30 – 2:45
Program Panel and Q&A (10 minutes each) Woodlot Advisory Program (South Nation Conservation) Nature-in-Deed (Jeff Ward, Stewardship Coordinator, Lanark County) Tree Planting Programs (Dan Cooper, Rideau Valley Conservation Auth.) Managed Forest Tax Incentive Program -MFTIP (Wade Knight, OWA) Conservation Land Tax Incentive Program-CLTIP (TBD) Environmental Farm Plan-Woodlot Programs (OSCIA)
2:45 – 3:30
Wildlife Feature Patty Summers, Wild Bird Care Centre Demonstration
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.