Have you considered mapping your property or wished you had a species list?
To help landowners get the stewardship information they need, the Ontario Woodlot Association is pleased to offer a new four-week course starting this fall.
Participants will learn how to:
Additional information:
The fee for the first offering of this course will be a donation. There will be a charge for all future offerings.
Each offering of the course will include four workshops in September and October 2025. Each workshop includes:
Exercises are not graded, but participants are expected to commit the required time and effort to complete this course.
Capacity is limited to 20 participants so register early before space runs out.
The online course is now full. Stay tuned for future offerings in 2026.
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Thank you for your interest in this course.
The offering has been postponed to January 2026. Please click here to register for the next offering.
Conservation Easement Agreements ~ Leveraging what we have learned
Organized by the Ontario Land Trust Alliance
In 1994, the Ontario Conservation Land Act enabled the registration of conservation easements on private lands. Land Trusts and conservation authorities now have 30 years of experience creating, registering, managing, amending and enforcing these agreements.
The first of these webinars will focus on the creation of conservation easement agreements (CEAs) as legal contracts and as instruments registered on land titles. This initial webinar will be informed by the experience of land trusts and conservation authorities with the interpretation, monitoring and enforcement of CEAs gained over these past thirty years.
Click here to learn more and register.
For more information, get in touch with the Norfolk Chapter Board member John de Witt here.
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Join the Brant Chapter on Saturday, October 18th for their fall tour and AGM.
The venue is Bee Sweet Nature company in Puslinch. Bee Sweet specializes in bees, honey, and Carolinian plants / shrubs / trees. All growing stock is from seed collected in southern Ontario. We will tour the nursery and apiary in the morning and hold a brief AGM with updates on invasive species and timber market conditions. Following lunch we have more opportunity to explore the grounds. Those who wish may also purchase honey and nursery stock (credit card, cash, e transfer accepted).
This event will run from 10:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Arrive at 10:15 for coffee and networking. The event will run rain or shine. Bee Sweet Nature is located at 4182 Sideroad 20 South in Puslinch, about 40 minutes from Brantford.
Web address: https://beesweetnature.ca/ where you will find their products.
WE GROW TO BUILD CANADA - FPAC National Policy Conference & Reception
Organized by: Forest Products Association Canada
In the face of economic and geopolitical uncertainty, the Canadian forestry sector remains an underutilized powerhouse of resilience and opportunity. This conference will explore how the forestry industry can not only withstand economic chaos but also drive sustainable growth and innovation.
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.
Climate change is happening now with some of us already experiencing the impacts. We are all facing uncertainties as forests and ecosystems are changing due to climate change. In the face of these challenges, we have developed an instructional course focused on assessing and adapting the management of woodlots to projected climate change impacts.
We hope that through participation, landowners and forest practitioners will further develop their knowledge of potential impacts and adaptations to the unique challenges of climate change. By doing so we can work towards creating resiliency on the landscape and in society to face future uncertainties and disturbances.
The Ontario Woodlot Association and our partners at the Climate Risk Institute are proud to deliver this educational opportunity to OWA members and the public.
Course Information
Course Fees
Proof of attendance will be provided for professional development accreditation
An OWA membership is packed with value, please considering joining to have access to our many member benefits.
Student Membership - Free year with course registration Electronic Membership - $45.20 Single Membership - $56.50 Family Membership - $66.50
Student Membership - Free year with course registration
Electronic Membership - $45.20
Single Membership - $56.50
Family Membership - $66.50
All memberships are pro-rated and will be due for renewal on September 15, 2026.
For more information about Forest Climate Resilience: A Practical Course for Landowners and Practitioners please email us at: climate@ontariowoodlot.com.
Ontario Woodlot Association
10 Campus Dr., Unit 4
Kemptville, Ontario
K0G 1J0
Phone: 613-713-1525 Email: info@ontariowoodlot.com
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