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May 30, 2011
Seating is limited for a free bus tour in honour of the UN’s International Year of the Forest being offered by South Nation Conservation June 8.
The objective is to bring attention to multiple aspects of forest management conducted in Eastern Ontario by SNC and its partners, said tour coordinator Mike Petryk.
Departing at 8:30 am from SNC’s Finch headquarters and returning at 4 pm, the tour will stop at several points of interest in the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, and Prescott and Russell. A box lunch will be provided.
Petryk noted the focus will be on stewards of privately owned forests and on old growth sites: “Participants will be able to view how forests can be managed sustainably, ask questions of South Nation professionals, and engage with local forest managers.
Private land managers to be visited are pursuing Certified Forest status which means their holdings are recognized by an outside regulating body for being harvested sustainably.
“The landowners choose to harvest less wood now in favour of having a healthier forest in the future.”
Old growth sites on the tour will feature either unique trees of cultural or ecological importance, or stands of trees which have been around longer than most.
“These individual trees or groups of trees tend to be over 150 years old and are extremely rare in our area. It’s important to protect these sites and to nurture other sites which will eventually achieve old growth status, providing habitat and a source of good genetics.”
FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO BOOK A SEAT:
Mike Petryk, SNC Lands and Water Resource Technician, 877-984-2948, ext. 295.
mpetryk@nation.on.ca.
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