In this environmental series, we're exploring large and small ways to protect our planet. We’ll explore local opportunities and strategies for decreasing your carbon footprint and increasing your health and well-being.
Sustainable Forestry Coordinator, Elliott Groen, will be speaking at this event with Kawartha Land Trust.
Explore how forestry fits into climate action goals and learn about upcoming tree planting opportunities.
Registration is required. Click here to learn more and register.
Timber to Lumber – Free Hands-On Demo Day
Date: Saturday, September 20, 2025 Time: 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Location: 108–5th Concession (Somerville Concession 5), Coboconk, Ontario
Join the Kawartha Chapter of the Ontario Woodlot Association for a free, full-day event focused on small-scale woodlot equipment. Get an up-close look at chainsaws, sawmilling, and tractor skidding equipment. Instruction provided by faculty from Fleming College.
No cost to attend. Lunch included. Space is limited and registration is required.
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Quinte Woodland Conference
The Quinte Woodland Conference will be held on October 2, 2025, in Belleville. We’re excited to resume what was formerly known as the Trenton Woodlot Conference, continuing its 30-year legacy under a new name.
This one-day event typically welcomes around 200 participants, including rural landowners, foresters, conservationists, and naturalists—many of whom are woodlot owners from Hastings, Northumberland, Prince Edward, and Lennox & Addington Counties. Our goal is to present a balanced program that blends practical advice with science-based insights, all centered around this year’s theme: Tending Our Woodlands: The Rewards of Action.
Registration includes a hut lunch
$40.00 OWA Members
$45.00 Non-Members
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Basic Chainsaw Usage Workshop
Date: Saturday, October 18, 2025 Rain Date: Saturday, October 25 Time: 9:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Location: Winkelaar Farm, 4752 Regional Rd 57, Janetville, ON
Learn the fundamentals of chainsaw safety and use in a practical, hands-on workshop led by an experienced instructor. This full-day session is ideal for beginners and anyone looking to sharpen their skills.
Cost: $50 for OWA members $75 for non-members
Bring your lunch and CSA-approved safety gear (steel toed boots, chainsaw pants, hard hat, eye protection, leather gloves, high-vis).
Register through the OWA Events Calendar: www.ontariowoodlot.com/get-involved/events
Hosted by the Kawartha Chapter in support of safe and sustainable woodlot management.
The Ontario Forest Health Review (FHR) returns this year as an in-person gathering through partnership with Natural Resources Canada, Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, the Invasive Species Centre and Forests Canada.
This is annual event provides an update on the current state of Ontario's forests with experts presenting the latest information on forest health conditions, forest invasive pests, current and upcoming forest pest management programs, and the current year’s research results. The event brings together forest resource managers, foresters, ecologists, conservation authorities, pest management companies, academics, municipalities, and others interested in forest resource management.
Please visit the FHR webpage for event and agenda details, all updates will be posted here: https://forestscanada.ca/en/event/ontario-forest-health-review
Date: Thursday October 23, 2025
Location: Barrie, ON
Time: Doors opens: 9:00 am, Presentations: 10:00am- 3:00pm
Registration cost: Free. There is a capacity of 150. A waitlist will be in effect once capacity is reached
Lunch will be provided
*This is an in-person event, a static video recording will be made available after the event
Registration opens Thursday August 7th.
If you have any questions about this event, please don’t hesitate to reach out at restoration@forestscanada.ca
More details to be provided closer to the date.
Ontario Woodlot Association
10 Campus Dr., Unit 4
Kemptville, Ontario
K0G 1J0
Phone: 613-713-1525 Email: info@ontariowoodlot.com
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