Eomf annual report 2014 2015

Eastern Ontario Model Forest – 2014 Annual Report Page 1

Eastern Ontario Model Forest2014-2015 Annual Report

Our vision of forests for seven generationis a sustainable landscape valued by all communities.


Table of Contents

Message From the President ........................................................................................................................3

The Year in Retrospect.................................................................................................................................. 5

Forest Certification ...........................................................................................................................5

Regional Forest Health Network....................................................................................................... 6

Forest Science Committee ................................................................................................................7

Akwesasne Partnership.....................................................................................................................8

Education & Community Outreach................................................................................................... 8

Woodland Restoration Program ....................................................................................................... 9

Communications ...............................................................................................................................9

Ontario East Wood Centre..............................................................................................................10

Activities In Support of the CMFN ..................................................................................................11

Ross Silversides Award................................................................................................................................12

The Heartwood Award................................................................................................................................13

Partners & Supporters ................................................................................................................................14

Financial Statement ....................................................................................................................................15


Message From the President

Moving forward in 2015

In past president’s messages I have mentioned there would benew challenges for Eastern Ontario Model Forests and this pastyear without the Federal funding we had to face thosechallenges head on. The Eastern Ontario Model Forest cannotmeet these challenges alone and with support of our partnerswe have begun to move the yardsticks forward.

The Forest Certification Program under Scott Davis continues tobe one of our corner stone programs. Being financially self-efficient through the assistance of our partners this programcontinues to move across southern Ontario. New partners insouthwestern Ontario have seen the benefit of working underthe EOMF umbrella and have joined our Forest CertificationProgram.

The Regional Forest Health Network (RFHN) continues to thrive.Our partners wanted this program to continue and have electedto pay a membership to assist in keeping the RFHN financiallyviable. Workshops on Emerald Ash Borer were delivered againin 2014. New this year was a workshop on the AsianLonghorned Beetle. This provided our RFHN partners with abetter understanding of what is involved with this pest. Aworkshop on Fomes annosus (which attacks red pine) was heldat Larose Forest. This type of training was taught years ago toforestry staff and it was time we brought this training back tothose who are currently practicing in the field. This year wehave a new member on the Network, Iola Price President of theOntario Invasive Plant Council. We will be expanding ouractivities to include invasive plants and will hold workshops onsubject area this fall. In addition, more training on the AsianLonghorned Beetle will be delivered through workshops to ourpartners in 2015.

In the past year the EOMF Board made the decision to continueto support the Annual Christmas Seminar and the KemptvilleWinter Woodlot Conference. With the closing of the KemptvilleCollege the challenge was to find new venues for both theseevents. With the partnership of the Canadian Institute ofForestry (Ottawa Valley Section) we found a new venue and hada very successful Christmas Forest Seminar. With the assistanceof some of other partners we found a new venue for thewoodlot conference, which proved to be one of the bestlocations yet.

Board of Directors

Jim McCready, PresidentTony Bull, Vice-PresidentMartin Streit, Sec.-TreasurerPeter HallGeoff McVeyJean-Claude HavardHenry LickersTom RichardsonJim HendryJeff Ward

Advisors to the Board

Ray FortuneHenry Lickers, EOMF Scientist


With these achievements this past year it shows the EasternOntario Model Forest is still in business and willing to work withthe many partners we have developed over the years to movethe yard sticks forward.

I must thank my fellow Board members for their continuedsupport and wisdom over the course of the past year; it has notbeen easy at times. I wish particularly to thank our staff WadeKnight and Scott Davis, as it has not been easy to deliver ourvarious programs with the reduction in staff and funding. Theirdedication and commitment to results embodies all the best inthe tradition of the model forest. And last, but not least, Iwould like thank our members, partners, and the manyvolunteers who are the Eastern Ontario Model Forest.

In closing I would like to dedicate this year’s annual report toPeter Hall. Peter and his wife Valerie have decided to moveback to Nova Scotia. Peter has been a strong supporter of theEastern Ontario Model Forest and for many years participatedas Board member and as the Chair of the Science Committee.He has also been a big driver in organizing the Christmas ForestSeminar. Peter we wish you and Valerie well on the East coastand come back and visit when you have a chance.

Jim McCready, RPFPresident, Eastern Ontario Model Forest

EOMF Staff & Associates

Wade KnightGeneral Manager

Scott Davis, ForestCertification Coordinator

Mary GebhardtAdministrative Assistant


The Year in Retrospect

Another year has passed and as we reflect on our successesoutlined in this year’s annual report we would like to thank ourmany members, donors, and supporters for their continuedsupport. Without your support we would not have been ableto accomplish the initiatives described in this report.

In 2014 the Board continued to focus on re-positioning theEOMF. The ultimate goal is to ensure ongoing stability into thefuture while providing a balanced program to our members andsupporters. While continuing to manage through thistransition, the EOMF continued to successfully deliver a numberof project activities. Some highlights of our accomplishmentsthis year include:

Forest Certification

This year the EOMF Forest Certification Program expandedfurther westward into central and southwestern Ontario. Witha grant from the Forest Stewardship Council Small Holder Fundwe were able to bring an additional 20,000 ha of private forestsunder the EOMF program.

With the expansion in southwestern a second CertificationWorking Group (CWG) was formed. The new SouthwesternCertification Working Group will work in parallel with theeastern CGW. The EOMF Forest Certification program is guidedby the two CWG and has representation from privatelandowner groups, community forest owners, First Nations,forest industry, and government.

A new partnership agreement with the Ontario WoodlotAssociation (OWA) were the OWA will serve an administrativecapacity to assist our forest owner groups in eastern Ontarioand hopefully growing the program in eastern Ontario.

The EOMF also launched the “Your Pathway to ForestCertification” website www.eomfcert.ca. The website enablesforest owners to find out more information about the “who,what, why and how” of certifying your private woodlot orcommunity forest under the EOMF’s Forest CertificationProgram.

The program now encompasses over 83,000 hectares of privateland forest consisting of community forests, forest owner

Eastern OntarioCertification Working Group

Martin Streit, Co-chairSteve Hunter, Co-chairBrian AndersonAchille DrouinNicolas GauthierJean-Claude HavardFred HuszarikEric ThompsonGeoff McVeyLacey RoseTom RichardsonTony BullJim HendryGaelen MurrayWade Knight, StaffScott Davis, Staff

Southwestern OntarioCertification Working Group

Ben Walters, ChairJohn McNeilCarl SaddlerJessie HenrichDavid HolmesDave PridhamPeter McElwainRon ReinholtAnne LennoxJim PennerScott Davis, Staff

http://www.eomfcert.ca/


Members of the RegionalForest Health Network

Agence regionale de mise envaleur des forets priveesoutaouaisesAgriculture and Agri-Food Canada(Arboretum)Canadian Food Inspection AgencyCity of GatineauCity of CornwallCity of OttawaConservation AuthoritiesCounty of RenfrewMinistry of Natural Resources &Forests (Kemptville District)Mohawk Council of AkwesasneNational Capital CommissionNatural Resources CanadaNew York State, Department ofEnvironmentalConservation OntarioSt. Lawrence County, New YorkStateSt. Lawrence Islands National ParkTown of Carleton PlaceTree CanadaUnited Counties of Leeds &Grenville

groups, forest managers and maple syrup producers acrosssouthern Ontario.

Regional Forest Health Network

The EOMF continued to chair and facilitate efforts of theRegional Forest Health Network (RFHN). In 2014 the RFHNcontinued its efforts to provide information-sharing support andexpertise to municipalities, private landowners, homeowners,property owners and forest practitioners.

Here is a few of the RFHN activities:

- Participated in the Invasive Species Centre’s (ISC) roundtable discussions on the role of the ISC (e.g., to includeplants, water, insects and diseases);

- Participated in a Fomes Annosus workshop was held atLarose Forest;

- Assisted the town of Carleton Place to hold a communityinformation session on emerald ash borer;

- In partnership with the City of Ottawa and the CanadianFood Inspection Agency held an Asian long-horned beetleworkshop in Ottawa;

- Partnered with the Ministry of Natural Resources & Forestryto hold a regional forest health update; and

- Attended the provincial forest health update.

Several of the emerald ash borer (EAB) resource materialsdeveloped by members of the RFHN over the past couple ofyears continue to be in demand and have been distributedwidely across Ontario. The EOMF has received requests from anumber of municipalities seeking permission to print thepublication “A guide entitled Preparing for Emerald Ash Borer: ALandowner’s Guide to Managing Ash Forests” and our EABvideos are featured on the Invasive Species Centre website.

Visit the EOMF website www.eomf.on.ca download copies ofthe landowner extension note and/or to view the EAB videos.

http://www.eomf.on.ca/


Forest Science Committee

The EOMF provides a platform for collaborative communityefforts to promote and ensure sustainable forest communitiesand one of its permanent committees, the Forest ScienceCommittee (FSC) furthers these goals through various science-based activities and advises the board of directors on allscience-related matters and reviews projects from a scienceperspective.

Tools for Analysis of Forest Resources

A major gap in the ability to engage in sustainable forestry,particularly on private lands is the lack of reliable resourceinventory information (FRI) for use by resource managers. TheFSC continued its 2013-14 investigation of tools to augmentgeospatial data in the region including potential applications foraerial mapping using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). Localexperts from ASG Mapping and ING Robotic Aviation providedcontext at an FSC meeting on the scale of UAV imagery and itspotential application as a point of reference between satelliteimagery and field data collection for ecological landclassification and habitat mapping/ assessment. Results of apilot study in the Marlborough Forest were presented includingchallenges with data management, ground verification, andphoto interpretation.

Integration of Naturalized Knowledge Systems and Science toSupport Policy Decisions

The FSC met on Cornwall Island at the Mohawk Council ofAkwesasne, hosted by EOMF scientist, Henry Lickers and joinedby other members of the Department of the Environment. Thecommittee discussed the integration of Naturalized KnowledgeSystems – the knowledge gained by those who have lived on theland for generations – and science to inform decision makingwith examples relating to species at risk management by theMohawk Council of Akwesasne (MCA). Further discussionsfocussed on the MCA’s holistic approach to environmentalassessment; assisted migration work with the U.S. ForestryService for Carolinian tree species including Pawpaw, Sassafrasand Catalpa; and, the potential for acquisition of climatestations as part of the Davis international climate network.

Forest Science Committee

Peter Hall, ChairGerald GuenkelBob StewartBrian HaddonSally HamiltonHenry Lickers, EOMF ScientistBill McMillanErin NeaveErik WangEd WhiteDave Winston


Akwesasne Partnership

As a founding partner to the EOMF, the Mohawk community ofAkwesasne has shaped the very essence of our governancestructure and the way in which we work with partners –embracing Naturalized Knowledge Systems principles and theGreat Way of Peace (respect, equity, and empowerment as keyingredients for effective and lasting partnerships). Nurturingthis partnership and friendship is something the EOMF valueshighly and it is central to the objective of continuing to developenduring partnerships that enable the organization to flourish inthe long-term.

Staff of the Mohawk Council of Akwesasne’s EnvironmentProgram was active in supporting various project activities (e.g.,efforts of the Regional Forest Health Network) and active in thegovernance of the EOMF through participation on the boardand Forest Science Committee.

Education & Community Outreach

Kemptville Winter Woodlot Conference

The 28th edition of the Kemptville Winter Woodlot Conferencewas held on February 2014 at the new conference facilities atthe North Grenville Community Complex. This year’s eventattracted over 250 participants. This informal conference hasbecome an important annual educational and networking eventfor private woodlot owners, farmers with woodlots, andcommunity forest managers in eastern Ontario.

This year’s keynote speaker was Gord Miller the EnvironmentalCommissioner of Ontario who spoke about “Woodlot Owners:Ontario’s Biodiversity Bankers”. Other topics included –managing your woodlot in a changing climate; invasive species –are we losing the battle; Lyme disease and ticks, turkey talk &trends and regenerating diverse tree species in your woodlot:some success stories.

Christmas Forest Seminar

In partnership with the Ottawa Valley Section of the CanadianInstitute of Forestry, the EOMF hosted another successfulannual Christmas Forest Seminar. The theme this year focusedon "Forests and Forestry" from a national perspective down tothe regional level.

Kemptville WoodlotConference Committee

Jeff Ward, ChairSally HamiltonAchille DrouinPieter LeenhoutsDorothy HamiltonEric ThompsonGeoff McVeyMelanie WilliamsWade Knight, StaffScott Davis, Staff


Feature presentations included – Forests & Forestry in Canada –Past, Present & Future? (Tony Rotherham, RotherhamConsulting); Forestry & the Bio-Economy (Olaf Schwab,Canadian Forest Service); Six-Storey Wood Construction –Coming to Ontario (Michelle Maybee, Ontario Wood WORKS);Recognizing & Fostering the Provision of Ecosystem Services byPrivate Landowners: Views from the Land (Elizabeth Holmes,PHD Candidate); and Forests & Forestry – An Eastern OntarioPerspective (Tom Richardson, Mazinaw/Lanark Forest Inc.).

Woodland Restoration Program

The woodland restoration program is delivered in partnershipwith Trees Ontario. The program facilitated planting effortswith solar companies mandated by the province to replantacreages taken out of forest cover as a result of solarinstallations.

In the spring of 2014 a total of 82,210 trees were planted ineastern Ontario under the EOMF’s woodland restorationprogram. Through this initiative 42 hectares of new forestcorridors and linkages were created, including 27 hectares ofnew interior forest.

Additional plantings are scheduled for 2015 and we are workingto expand the effort in the coming year in terms of both thenumber of solar companies involved and the geography covered(i.e., beyond the traditional boundary of the EOMF).

Communications

This year we launched our new monthly electronic e-letter thatis sent out to members, partners, supporters and friends of theEOMF. The e-letter provide an array of news and informationon current forest topics and issues both nationally andinternationally. To subscribe to the e-letter send us yourcontact information to [email protected].

The EOMF website www.eomf.on.ca continues to be aneffective means for the EOMF to dissemination information outto a broad audience seeking information on managing ournatural resources.

Members are welcome is attend EOMF Board meetings. Aschedule of upcoming Board meetings is posted on the EOMF

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website under Board Meeting Schedule and minutes of themeetings are available to all members at the EOMF office.

Ontario East Wood Centre

2014/2015 Report to EOMF from the OEWC

The Ontario East Wood Centre (OEWC) is meant to be aplatform for getting new wood products off the ground in theface of the decline in traditional markets for wood products.

April 2014 we saw the wrap up of the TEAM 23 project on ademonstration pellet plant at Heideman Forest Services withfunding from Frontenac Community Futures DevelopmentCorporation.

The OEWC and its advisors met in Kingston on March 25, 2015for a “charrette” and AGM hosted by the Queen’s UniversityChemical Engineering Department. The primary focus was onsustainable forestry and the bio economy of the future.Highlights of the meeting included:

- The report “CO2 Utilization Through Algae Production; aFeasibility Study”;

- Presentations from Bio-industrial Innovation Canada; ForestProducts Innovation; and Canadian Forest Service;

- Updates on eastern Ontario’s only deep sea port (Port ofJohnstown); the newly certified fully serviced industrial parkat Johnstown; the maple syrup industry; reflections oninnovation in the province of Alberta; Mazinaw Lanark Forest;information from Renewable Energy Inc; Heideman ForestServices; The Global Sustainability Initiative; and the proposedKemptville Centre for Rural Advancement.

Throughout the year, the OEWC continued its focus on theneeds of a regional bio economy strategy that could beachieved through the work of our networks, the Eastern OntarioWarden’s Caucus and the Ontario East Economic DevelopmentCommission, and the EOMF.

The OEWC continued to stress sustainable forestry andsustainable rural communities through facilitation of:

- The completion of an eFRI;- The establishment of a CRIBE like instrument for funding

Eastern Ontario bio-economy projects;


- The development of industrial/business/processing clusters;and

- Working collaboratively to save the Kemptville Campus ofGuelph University.

The Township of Edwardsburgh/Cardinal appointed DavidChapeskie as liaison between the OEWC and the Township. Hehas also been appointed to the board of directors. Throughoutthe year, research, attendance at various workshops andrelated events, encouragement of Forest Certification as well asresearch and continued effort on the GreenHouse at Greenfieldcarbon sequestering project, all continued unabated. The nextfiscal year has seen an encouraging beginning with new andexisting players showing a great “Zeal to Deal” as our friend Dr.Henry Lickers would say! We look forward to the future withrenewed enthusiasm and determination.

Activities In Support of the CMFN

The EOMF continued its membership in the Canadian ModelForest Network (CMFN). We participated on the CMFN boardand actively support a number of collaborative efforts andinitiatives.

Highlights of the CMFN this year included:

The CMFN continued to be engaged on the forest sectorlabour market work initiated in the previous fiscal yearthrough engagement with the National Coalition onForestry Communications.

The CMFN hosted workshops in Indonesia. The objective isto improve community welfare and environmentalsustainability by promoting stakeholder collaboration,improving forest resource planning and management, andthrough the development of a model forest in the SpecialProvince of Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

As we move forward it is our hope to continue to support theCMFN in these types of vital knowledge sharing and informationtransfer efforts in the year ahead.


Ross Silversides Award

Honourary Members & Recipients of the Ross Silversides Forestry Award

Honourary members and recipients of the Ross Silversides Forestry Award are identified by the Board ofDirectors for their outstanding contribution to forestry in eastern Ontario or as past or present residentswho have made a major contribution to forestry elsewhere in the world.

1993 C. Ross Silversides, Maitland, Ontario (Honourary)1994 Bess Silversides, Maitland, Ontario (Honourary)1994 Ernest M. Kaientaronkwen Benedict, Akwesasne1995 Teharonianeken, Chief Jake Swamp, Akwesasne1996 Ewan Caldwell, Rockcliffe Park, Ontario1996 Ferdinand LaRose, Bourget, Ontario1996 Françoise LaBelle, St. Bruno Quebec (Honourary)1998 Sandra S. Lawn, Prescott, Ontario1999 William K. “Old Bill" Fullerton, Manotick, Ontario2000 Jim Cayford, Barrhaven, Ontario2001 George Fowler, Iroquois, Ontario2001 Henry Atsienhanonne Arquette, Akwesasne2002 John Kerr-Wilson, Ompah, Ontario2003 Ray & Ruth Fortune, Almonte, Ontario2004 Wayne D. Young, Cornwall, Ontario2005 Peter M. Murray, Gananoque, Ontario2006 F. Henry Lickers, Akwesasne2007 Edwin H. White, Marcellus, New York2007 Brian A. Barkley, Elma, Ontario2008 Richard David, Akwesasne2009 Dave Chapeskie, Spencerville, Ontario2010 Dave Neave, Nepean, Ontario2011 William (Bill) Hall, Renfrew, Ontario2012 Jim Hendry, South Stormont, Ontario2012 Martin Streit, Morrisburg, Ontario2013 Jim McCready, Carleton Place, Ontario2014 Laird Nelson, Codrington, Ontario2015 Eric Boysen, Maberly, Ontario2015 Cathy Nielsen, Peterborough, Ontario


The Heartwood Award

Recipients of the Heartwood Award include:

The Heartwood Award is presented in recognition of an individual or group who has made anexceptional volunteer contribution to the Eastern Ontario Model Forest.

2005Sally Hamilton, Kemptville, Ontario

2006John P. Wilson, Kemptville, Ontario

2007Tony Bull, Ottawa, Ontario

2008Alf Campbell, Kemptville, Ontario

2008Jim Gilmour, Watson’s Corners, Ontario

2009Hans Ottens, Maberly, Ontario

2010Achille Drouin, Casselman, Ontario

2011Don Schell, Tatlock, Ontario

2012Kerry Coleman, Oxford Mills, Ontario

2013J. Peter Hall, Gloucester, Ontario

2014Dorothy Hamilton, Cornwall, Ontario

2015Pieter Leenhouts, Kars, Ontario


Partners & Supporters

Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaAlgonquin First Nation of Golden LakeBoises EstCanadian Food Inspection Agency CanadianCanadian Institute of ForestryCanadian Model Forest NetworkCarleton Place Forest Advisory CommitteeCataraqui River Conservation AuthorityCity of OttawaStewardship Council of Lanark CountyConservation OntarioCounty of LanarkEastern Ontario Certified Forest OwnersFerguson Forest CentreForest Gene Conservation Association ForestStewardship Council of CanadaForests OntarioFortune FarmsFriends of Limerick ForestFrontenac Arch Biosphere ReserveFrontenac Community Futures DevelopmentCorporationGrenville Economic Futures DevelopmentCorporationGrey County ForestHerb Shaw & Sons Ltd.International Model Forest NetworkITS - International Truck Load Services Inc.Lanark & District Maple Syrup Producer'sAssociationLavern Heideman & Sons Ltd.Leeds-Grenville Stewardship CouncilLong Point Conservation AuthorityLimerick ForestLower Ottawa Valley Chapter of the OWAMazinaw-Lanark Forest Inc.McCann's Forest ProductsMcCready Tree & Forestry ConsultingMississippi Valley ConservationMohawk Council of Akwesasne, EnvironmentProgramMurray Brothers LumberNational Capital CommissionNatural Resources CanadaNorampac Inc., Trenton Division

North Grenville Chamber of CommerceNorthumberland County ForestOntario Maple Syrup Producers' AssociationOntario Ministry of Natural Resources &ForestryOntario Professional Foresters AssociationOntario Woodlot AssociationOttawa Stewardship CouncilOttawa Valley Section - Canadian Institute ofForestryOttawa Valley Forest Sustainable Forest LicenceQueen's UniversityRainforest AllianceRaisin Region Conservation AuthorityRenfrew Chapter of the OWAResource Stewardship S.D. & G.Rideau Valley Conservation AuthoritySt. Lawrence Islands National ParkSand Road Sugar CampSandra S. Lawn & Associates Inc.Saugeen Valley Conservation AuthoritySouth Nation ConservationState University of New York, College ofEnvironmental Science and ForestryStormont, Dundas & Glengarry Certified ForestOwners Inc.TD Graham + AssociatesTown of Carleton PlaceTown of OakvilleTree Canada FoundationTrees OntarioUnited Counties of Leeds and GrenvilleUnited Counties of Prescott and RussellUnited Counties of Stormont, Dundas &GlengarryWestwind Forest Stewardship Inc.


Financial Statement








Our vision of forests for seven generationis a sustainable landscape valued by all communities.

Acknowledgement

The Eastern Ontario Model Forest gratefully acknowledges the support we havereceived from our many members, supporters and partners. With your support ithas allowed the Eastern Ontario Model Forest to continue its work to champion

sustainable forests and healthy, vibrant forest communities.

Eastern Ontario Model ForestP.O. Box Bag 2111

Kemptville, ON K0G 1J0Tel: 613-258-6587

E-mail: [email protected]: www.eomf.on.ca

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