The Beaver Valley Bruce Trail Club is one of our partner associations, and they have extended an invitation to our members to join them at their Barn Dance event, coming September 8th. See details below:

A member has posted a question on the topic Processing standing timber on site with sawmill to the Members’ Notice Board. If you might be able to offer advice or information on this query log in to the BGWA Notice Board to read/respond .

according to a recent report by University of Ottawa, nature conservation on private land is essential but undersupplied. Economic tools can help, it advises, but only if applied in a way which actually benefits the private landowners. Read U Ottawa report and considerations for policymakers.

Interesting piece in Cottage Life online magazine with some general landowner guidelines on how to protect your trees from invasive insects. Includes links to principal authoritative sources. See also the "Tree Health" section on right-hand sidebar of bgwa web site for additional resources.

BGWA wants your ideas for events (fairs, shows, markets, etc.) around Grey & Bruce counties that BGWA should consider setting up a booth at, both for public information and potential member recruitment. We need you input!!  Send suggestions to bgwa@naturemail.ca