Promoting healthy forests and ecosystems in Bruce and Grey Counties through education, recreation and sustainable management practices.
Release from Maple Leaves Forever: Canada’s 150th birthday is just around the corner and Maple Leaves Forever would like to commemorate this special event by increasing the rate of our “Thank You” rebate. Currently, the rebate is set at 10% of the purchase of Native Canadian Maple trees (for 2016 planting). However, we will increase …
Continue reading MLF Native maple tree rebate increases for 2017
CONGRATULATIONS to Matthew Gaasenbeek, who was winner of the draw (held at movie screening) for a free additional year of membership!! It's too late for the draw now but still not too late to renew your membership if not already done, do it now... AGM time is approaching and the web password will change in …
A new paper published Jan. 13 in Science reveals that the relationship between soil fungi and tree seedlings is more complicated than previously known. Scientists have long known that plants and soil biota can regulate one another, but the new findings highlight the complexity of the feedback loop. Researchers 55 species and 550 populations of …
Continue reading Soil fungi help tree seedlings survive, influence forest diversity.
"The world can often seem too complicated for its own good. It’s a big reason why people like you and I live in a rural place, where things are simpler to some degree," writes Dave Mance in Northern Woodlands, "And if we’re going to be good advocates [for wood biomass], we need to hone our …
We have exciting events planned for the coming year including a members-only feature movie screening, a Tree-o-Caching series (modelled on the GeoCaching concept), plus of course the usual things you enjoy like the annual conference in Elmwood, members BBQ, and our quarterly newsletter. Please renew (or join, if you are not a member) today to …
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