Promoting healthy forests and ecosystems in Bruce and Grey Counties through education, recreation and sustainable management practices.
The annual woodlot conference will take place in Elmwood, Saturday March 30th, featuring presentations on Mechanized Tree Harvesting, Managed Forest Tax Incentive Program (MFTIP), Alternative Land Use Services (ALUS), Trail Building in Woodlots, Bears on the Bruce Peninsula, Pesticide Use and Restrictions PLUS all the great draws and delicious lunch you have come to expect …
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A member has posted a notice Logging Trailer for Sale to the Members’ Notice Board. If you might be interested in this opportunity log in to the BGWA Notice Board to read/respond.
A few pictures from the AGM, held March 2nd at Grey Roots Museum, have been posted in the Event Gallery along with a listing of Research Supporting the Health Benefits of Spending Time in Nature compiled by Rob Klea, who gave a presentation on the topic of forest therapy. Copies of reports (financial, communications, etc.) …
I have been re-reading The Nature Fix: Why nature makes us happier, healthier and more creative by Florence Williams (W.W.Norton and Company, 2017) with an eye to noting factoids and studies linking trees, woodlands and wellness. Here are three of many described in the book: A Toronto study showed the higher a neighbourhood’s tree density, …
If you've been grumbling at all about the recent cold snaps, the up side could be some degree of damage to Emerald Ash Borer populations... sustained air temperatures of -25 have the potential to bring about a 50% mortality rate, rising to 75% at -30. Read more in this CBC News article.
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