Northwestern Ontario
Objective
To ensure our members know and adhere to the Mission by developing local programs and activities to enhance the appreciation of Section and National activities as they seek to promote leadership in forestry and public understanding of important issues that are constantly before the public and profession.
What We Do
The section members and council: put on field tours and speaker presentations for members and public; support college and university students through bursaries and support for ring cermonies, symposiums, and travel to the CIF National AGM; and undertake work parties on various local forestry projects.
NWO Section By-Laws.pdf
Up Coming Events
(updated April 19th, 2010)
We try to have Council meetings on the second Thursday of each month. Let us know what you think.
May 19, 2010
NWO Section AGM & BBQ @ 5:30 - 9pm @ 25th Side Rd.
Bill Towill will facilitate a review of what we want the section to be doing over the next little while.
September 27-29, 2010
National AGM in Jasper
We are contributing $500 towards the costs for Lakehead student participation.
October 1, 2010
Fall Field Tour (tentative) - TBA
CIF E-Lecture Sites
There are a couple of sites that are prepared to host the CIF e-lecture series that are scheduled every two weeks on Wednesday afternoons from 1:30-2:30pm - check the CIF Electronic Lecture Series on the menu on your left for topic and date details.
Location Contact
Lakehead University Nancy Luckai
Kestrel Forestry Fred Dewsberry
Other Forestry Events
If you know of a forestry related event that is happening in Northwestern Ontario - let us know and we'll post it here.
April 22, 2010 - Earth Day
April 23/24, 2010 - Envirothon at Kingfisher
Council
Director Nancy Luckai
President Craig Robinson
Vice-Chair Doug Reid
Treasurer Fred Dewsberry
Secretary rotates
Student Rep Breanne Dumouchelle
Councillors
Dave Archibald
Jeffrey Cameron
Dan Corbett
Paul Charrette
Steve Domney
Judy Hall
Kevin Ride
Karen Saunders
Recent Events
2011
February 17, 2011 - Forestry, Biomass & SustainabilityChander Shahi (Lakehead University) - Social-Economic Implications of developing a new forest product
Dave Morris (CNFER) - Are bioenergy harvests ecologically sustainable?
Joe Maure (MNDMF) - Ontario's Forest Biofibre:Yours to Discover
Martin Kaiser (AbitibiBowater) - Challenges & Opportunities of Biomass: an Industrial Perspective
Steven Hart (Lakehead University) - Creating a Carbon negative cycle - going one better than carbon neutral!
2010
April 15, 2010 - Section Executive regular meetingApril 14, 2010 - Judy Hall checked on the trees planted/tended at Kamview. (click image for larger version)
March 20th 2010 - Ring Ceremony - Fort William Historical Park
March 22, 2010 - CFS Seminar @ 7-9pm @ Rumours Dinning Room - Confederation College
February 25, 2010 - Section Executive Regular Meeting
January 21, 2010 - Section Executive Regular Meeting
2009
October 23, 2009 - Fall Student BBQ and SocialOctober 23, 2009 - Fall Field Tour (click for larger image)
Summer 2009 - Kamview Spray (click for larger image)
March 21, 2009 - CIF Ring Ceremony - LU Forestry Formal
February 25th 2009 - Inventory Workshop - The New Ontario FRI @ Science & Tech (25th Side Rd)
- Workshop Framing/Context - What is eFRI? - Craig Robinson more
- Inventory Overview -Adam Boczek
- What is this "Provincial Ecosite Classification" I've heard about? -Erin Banton
- Site Index and Growth Intercept; Tools to Evaluate Site Quality in the
- Managed Forest - Doug Reid
- Connect the New eFRI to the Penner Benchmark Yield Curves - John Parton
- Enhancing Natural Resource Inventories with Digital Imagery & LiDAR
- Technologies - Murray Woods
- An ecologically-based bioproducts inventory for northeastern Ontario - Jeff Dech
- LiDAR - Advanced applications for inventory and growth and Yield - Ben Kuttner
- Eco-Regional Variation and the Importance of Field Data - Daniel Corbet
News
2008 Tree of Life Award Winner
The award was presented to Kevin Ride R.P.F. at the OPFA AGM CIF Breakfast on April 25th, 2008.Pennock Creek Trail
An interpretive trail established by the local section, in co-operation with the Ministry of Natural Resources, The Trillium fund, local municipalities and industries.
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