This past April the Ontario provincial government cancelled the 50 Million Tree Program. This program was created by the provincial government as a carbon sequestration program. A wonderful side effect of planting so many trees is how this also helps to clean the air and water, protect shorelines and reduce erosion in southern Ontario. Rob Keen, CEO of Forests Ontario, said since 2008 more than 27 million trees have been planted across Ontario through the…
Spent three days tree marking before the bugs and leaves are out. Worked with a good team. Lots of paint sprayed!
While tree marking near Port Perry, we came across some interesting wildlife observations. 1/ a grouse nest with two wild turkey eggs! and 2/ a substantial midden.
Getting as much tree marking done before the blackflies, mosquitoes and the leaves arrive!馃尶馃崁
Excellent meeting for us approvers on the topics of, climate change, value of wetlands and changes to the MFTIP process. In Guelph.
My cellphone is attached to my hip – almost surgically :). On this cellphone I’m forever using Google maps. It’s a great feature with its road layout layer and satellite layer, however, at times I need it to locate to specific POIs (points of interest) or trails, etc. I have found a way of creating custom Google map layers with the help of QGIS software, a bunch of file formats聽 and map resources (satellite images,…
HI I had the opportunity to write an article, Firewood: Mysteries of BTU and Cord Measurements, for the Bruce Grey Woodlot Association recently. I encourage all interested in our woodlands to join this very active organization – contact them at BGWA.ca This edition includes articles on: 路 Heating With Wood 路 Firewood: Mysteries of BTU and Cord Measurements 路 Nature Preschools 路 Forest Health Review for Grey-Bruce 路 EAB: Don鈥檛 Kiss All Your Ash Goodbye…
This was my first full year in the south-western part of the Ontario. I had the opportunity to participate in an excellent energy filled woodlot conference in the Grey Bruce. One interesting contract had me working with an enthusiastic team from Bruce Tree Experts preparing an inventory for a potential natural gas corridor. That was a great opportunity to intertwine forest inventory design, GIS, GPS and spreadsheet analysis all into one contract. The Managed Forest…
Here we are in a winter wonderland of spring ready to tree mark. Once we warmed up, it was a beautiful day in the Kawartha lakes Forest .
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