Garlic Mustard is an invasive species that threatens all native species on the forest floor. Our friends at the Beaver Valley Bruce Trail Club have been pulling it from Old Baldy, near Kimberley, every May for the past few years but they are still losing the battle and need more volunteers. See flyer for info …
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MLF Native maple tree rebate increases for 2017
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 …
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Renewal Early-bird Draw Winner
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 …
Soil fungi help tree seedlings survive, influence forest diversity.
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 …
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Wood fuel is great: The “Elevator Pitch”
"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 …
Bruce Grey Woodlands Association 