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Niagara
Woodlot Association
2007 Events Schedule
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Monday
May 14, 2007
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Movie Night - An Inconvenient Truth |
Rittenhouse Conference Room, MNR/OMNR Office, Vineland
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Come listen, learn & be inspired. This Al Gore documentary on global climate change is current, controversial & will lead us into a short group discussion on how, as individuals and as a community, we can make a difference. Climate changes effects us all. We can’t hide from it. Here is your opportunity to understand some of the implications.
Tel: (905) 714-0723 (Mike Rose, Land Care Niagara)
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Saturday
July 7, 2007
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RoadTrip - University of Guelph’s Agroforestry Research & Arboreteum Plus Verbinnen’s Nursery in Dundas |
University of Guelph Campus & Arboretum plus Verbinnen’s Nursery, Dundas
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
This is the roadshow of the year. See how field crops and forestry can be combined. Dr. Andy Gordon will lead a guided tour of his agro-forestry research plots at the University of Guelph, and there will be ample time to explore one of the most important and most extensive arboretums in Canada, including the American Elm Recovery project. A visit to the highly acclaimed Verbinnen’s Nursery of native trees and shrubs is an added bonus.
This tour is limited to 50 attendees (unless we can fill 2 buses) and you must register by June 30 with John Potter. There’s no cost for members but $35 for non-members. Bring a lunch & note book. Assembly point to be arranged.
Tel: (905) 892-2566 (John Potter)
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Saturday
October 13, 2007
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Annual General Meeting -
Being Sustainable from a Federal & Provincial Perspective
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White Meadows Farm, St. Catharines
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Following the business portion of our AGM (1:00 - 2:00 pm), we will be joined by our friends from the Peninsula Field Naturalists, Niagara Falls Nature Club, Bert Miller Nature Club, and Niagara College students to hear our featured guest speaker, Elizabeth May. Elizabeth is not only the leader of the federal Green Party of Canada, she is also the past Executive Director of the Sierra Club, Order of Canada recipient, lawyer, author & environmentalist. This is truly an once in a lifetime opportunity to meet and interact with one of the leading voices for environmental sustainability in Canada. Don’t miss this chance! Non NWA members are asked to arrive at 2:00 pm.
White Meadows Farm, 2519 Effingham Street, St. Catharines
Tel: (905) 384-0789 (Paul Robertson)
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Saturday
December 1, 2007
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Firewood harvesting--
Which way is best for you?
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Routsky & Smith Woodlots, Concession 3 Road, West Lincoln
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Harvesting firewood is dangerous, demanding and rewarding. Come and learn about three radically different techniques with horses, a tracked J-5 Bombardier and a tractor with a Farmi-wench. You will also have the chance to walk the Routsky woodlot which recently had sawlog & firewood harvests and the Smith woodlot that is having a firewood harvest. The benefits will be obvious!! We don’t have to tell you to dress for the outdoors! Or do we??
Meet at the Smith woodlot; from Victoria Avenue (RR 24) travel west on Hwy 20 through Bismarck onto RR 65.Turn south on Smithville Rd. (RR 14) & travel 1.4 km to Concession 3 Rd. Turn west and travel 1.3 kms to the field access on the north side of road. and just east of #8214.
Tel: (905) 386-0642 (Reg Ecker) or (905) 384-0789 (Paul Robertson)
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