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On Monday, Westwind hosted our annual operator’s meeting. Operators working in the French-Severn Forest gathered at the Magnetawan Community Centre. Staff from Westwind and MNRF provided updates on health and safety, planning, licensing, billing, and the annual work schedule. Operators also looked over harvest allocations for the 2019-2029 plan.                Everyone also […]

Yesterday, our forester intern, Margaret Scott, participated in a Hemlock Wooly Adelgid Training Tour. Participants travelled to Rochester, New York to learn how to identify and survey for Hemlock Wooly Adelgid (HWA) from staff from Cornell University and New York’s Department of Environmental Conservation. Discussions also involved detection and treatment strategies. Although HWA is not currently found in […]

Westwind staff attended the Forests Ontario Annual Conference – “The Ripple Effect” last Friday, February 9th in Alliston, Ontario. There was a major focus on climate change at the conference with topics including seed transfer policy, the impact of climate change on animal species, carbon offsets, forest fire management, and adapting to climate change.  It […]

Westwind celebrated a special day a couple months ago.  It was 20 years ago (March 27, 2017) that we received our letters patent as a corporation. Westwind is proud of the milestones – from being the first large public forest Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC®) certified in Canada to the more recent recognition of the special form of […]

  Westwind attended the Almaguin Highlands Career/Trade Fair on Wednesday, April 26, 2017 at Almaguin Highlands Secondary School. The fair aimed to provide information on careers and trades that are available locally. Tom Bryson and Margaret Scott spoke to students about various careers in forestry and the relevant post-secondary training and skills. It was great to talk […]

  “Forests Ontario is pleased to offer students a new way to engage with the Ontario Envirothon program through our online Presentation Challenge!” Check out this link to get involved: Presentation Challenge

The Canadian Institute of Forestry/Institut forestier du Canada (CIF/IFC) is coordinating the ‘150 Days of Forests’ Photo Campaign, a national initiative to instill a sense of pride in Canadian forests. Submit a high quality photo of yourself in the forest with a short quote of 50 words or less describing what forests mean to you or simply […]

Westwind Forest Stewardship’s redesigned website has a blog! Our posts will keep you up to date on local events, forestry operations in the French-Severn Forest, wildlife sightings, and much more. If there is a topic that interests you, feel free to browse our blog by category. You can do this by clicking one of the categories […]