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September 17 - Ottawa - "Wood" you believe it comes from trees?
Trees are amazing! Join Jean Hamel, Vice-President of the Pulp and Paper Division of FPInnovations, to learn about the incredible things we can extract from our forests. They provide us with recreational spaces, shade, oxygen, clean air and water, fruit, nuts, and wood products such as paper, furniture and housing. These benefits are well known. But did you know that literally thousands of products are made from trees? Many of them could surprise you!
Time: Starts at 1p.m.
Location: Auditorium, Canadian Science and Technology Museum, 1867 Saint-Laurent Blvd, Ottawa, Ontario
Contact: josianne.jalbert@nrcan-rncan.gc.ca
September 18 - Ottawa, Ontario - Guided Walking Tour of Mer Bleue
Explore Mer Bleue, Ottawa's internationally recognized wetland, with Dr. Elyn Humphreys. We are fortunate in having Dr. Elyn Humphreys as our guide for this walk. Dr. Humphreys researches the exchange of carbon dioxide, water vapour, and energy between ecosystems and the atmosphere and the importance of wetlands in providing this type of ecosystem function. She will also explain the effects of natural and human-induced disturbances on this irreplaceable wetland. Hosted by the Ottawa Forest & Greenspace Advisory Committee. All welcome. The free event is in English. Details at www.ottawaforests.ca
Time: 12:30p.m.
Location: Mer Bleue, Ottawa, Ontario
September 18 - Corner Brook, Newfoundland - Family Day in the Park & Log-a-Load for Kids
Time: 2p.m to 5p.m.
Location: Margaret Bowater Park
Contact: Karla Gimby, 506-452-3685
September 18-21 - Huntsville, Ontario
Canadian Institute of Forestry's Annual General Meeting in Huntsville
Contact: John Pineau, jpineau@cif-ifc.org
September 19 - Ottawa, ON - Panel Session - The Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement - Reception and Film Festival to follow
The Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) and The Royal Canadian Geographical Society cordially invite you to The Canadian Museum of Nature on Monday, September 19, 2011 for a celebration of International Year of Forests 2011, and Canada's National Forest Week, a panel session on the world-renowned Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement. Get the inside story behind the landmark agreement and the challenges ahead. Featuring, Avrim Lazar, President and CEO of FPAC, Richard Brooks, Forest Campaign Director, GreenPeace Canada and Tim Gray, Program Director, Ivey Foundation.
The panel session will be followed by a reception, and public screenings of the International Forest Film Festival documentaries.
Time: 4:30-6:30p.m. - Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement - A uniquely Canadian solution uniting mighty forest companies and staunch environmentalists
6:00-7:00p.m. - Reception
7:00-9:00p.m. - International Forest Film Festival - documentary film screenings (open to the public)
Location: Canadian Museum of Nature - 240 McLeod (at Metcalfe) - Ottawa
Contact: RSVP by September 16th to Sandra Smith - smith@rcgs.org
September 19-23 - Nova Scotia
School Presentations by Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources staff to elementary schools in selected areas
Radio Tree Trivia contests with prizes provided by Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources (Nova Scotia Atlas and Wildlife Park T-shirts)
Contact: Keven Pentz, pentzkj@gov.ns.ca
September 20 - Corner Brook, Newfoundland - Urban Forest Walking Tour
Time: 2p.m.
Location: Playground parking lot, Margaret Bowater Park
Contact: Karla Gimby, 506-452-3685
September 20 - National Forest Week Walks
Walk with retired Natural Resources Canada research scientist Dr. Al Mitchell (Pacific Forestry Centre). Canada is a tree-mendous country - we're home to 10 percent of the world's forests! Celebrate 2011 National Forest Week with a special eco-tour of Swan Lake trails led by Dr. Al Mitchell. It's amazing what you can discover with a closer look! Pre-registration not required. For ten years old to adult.
Time: 10:30 to 11:30
Location: Swan Lake Christmas Hill Nature Sanctuary
Contact: Kiri Westnedge, 250-298-2563
September 20-24 - Ontario - International Plowing Match
The large event has an agricultural focus, but it is also an important venue for conservation and private land forestry issues. www.plowingmatch.org/ipm2011/index.php
Contact: Suzanne Lafrance, suzanne.lafrance@ontario.ca
September 21 - National Tree Day
September 21, 2011 makes the first National Tree Day in Canada (www.nationaltreeday.ca). On March 2, 2011 the House of Commons passed Motion-575 to declare the Wednesday of National Forest Week, as National Tree Day. It is an opportunity for all Canadians to celebrate and share their passion for our nation's urban and rural forests and trees.
Contact: Melissa Nisbett, MNisbett@treecanada.ca
September 21 - Ottawa, ON - National Tree Day Planting Ceremony
To mark the first ever National Tree Day, Tree Canada is organizing a series of tree planting ceremonies across Canada. In Ottawa, Prime Minister Stephen Harper has been invited to plant a sugar maple tree on the grounds of the Canadian Museum of Nature. National Tree Day will serve as a celebration Canadians to appreciate the great benefits that trees provide us. It will also serve as a day of action, for Canadians to plant and maintain trees and to share that appreciation of trees from coast to coast. For more information please visit Tree Canada's Website.
Location: Canadian Museum of Nature - Ottawa, ON
Contact: Josianne Jalbert, 819-996-7322
September 21 - Sault Ste. Marie, ON - Tours of the Arboretum
A variety of tours of the Arboretum with scientists from NRCan and the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources' Ontario Forest Research Institute are planned with students at the elementary school level in Sault Ste. Marie. In keeping with the theme of the International Year of the Forests "Forests for People", the tours will focus on the urban forest that is found at the Arboretum and surrounding area.
Time: Various
Location: Great Lakes Forestry Centre Arboretum, 1219 Queen Street, Sault Ste. Marie, ON
Contact: Jessica Portelli-Ward, 705-541-5596
September 21 - Corner Brook, Newfoundland - Official Opening Ceremony and National Tree Day Tree Planting Ceremony
Time: 10:30a.m
Location: Margaret Bowater Park, Corner Brook, Newfoundland
Contact: Karla Gimby, 506-452-3685
September 21 - Corner Brook, Newfoundland - Urban Forest Walking Tour
Time: 6:00p.m.
Location: Participark entrance on University Drive - Corner Brook, Nfld.
Contact: Karla Gimby, 506-452-3685
September 22 - Corner Brook, Newfoundland - "Ask the Expert" Panel discussion
Topic: Is Forestry in Newfoundland Sustainable?
Time: 9:00a.m. to 10:45a.m.
Location: Corner Brook Regional High School Library
Contact: Karla Gimby, 506-452-3685
September 22 - National Forest Week Walks
Walk with retired Natural Resources Canada research scientist Dr. Al Mitchell (Pacific Forestry Centre). Canada is a tree-mendous country - we're home to 10 percent of the world's forests! Celebrate 2011 National Forest Week with a special eco-tour of Swan Lake trails. It's amazing what you can discover with a closer look! Pre-registration not required. For ten years old to adult.
Time: 1:30 to 2:30
Location: Swan Lake Christmas Hill Nature Sanctuary
Contact: Kiri Westnedge, 250-298-2563
September 23, 24 - Yellowknife, Fort Smith and Hay River - International Forest Film Festivals
Contact: Stephanie Yuill, 867-873-7482
September 24 - Edmonton, Alberta - Our Fabulous Forests
Everyone welcome! Come and learn about Canada's fabulous forests with experts from the Canadian Forest Service. Celebrate National Forest Week and learn more about forest fires, climate change impacts, growing a forest, super soils, beetles and other bugs. A great event for tree lovers of all ages!
Time: Drop in anytime between 10:00a.m and 3:00p.m.
Location: Royal Alberta Museum, 12845 102 Avenue Northwest, Edmonton, Alberta
Contact: Lisa Bowker, 780-435-7264
September 24 - Fredericton, New Brunswick - Take a Walk in the Woods with the Canadian Forest Service
Join the Canadian Forest Service for a guided walk of Odell Park. This event marks the launch for a new interpretive trail guide for the park. Participants will meet at Odell Lodge and set out to explore the trails. Bring your family!
Time: 10:00a.m.
Location: Odell Park, Fredericton, New Brunswick (meet in front of lodge)
Contact: Karla Gimby, 506-452-3685
September 24 - British Columbia - Who Let the Bugs Out?
Learn about alien and native invasive pests in our BC forests from NRCan scientists. Using interactive, scientific demonstrations, NRCan scientists will talk about how pests travel and the products they travel in, from seed to export, in a wood product.
Time: 10a.m. to 4p.m.
Location: Royal BC Museum
Contact: Kiri Westnedge, 250-298-2563
September 24 - Nova Scotia - Central Woodlot Owner of the Year Field Day
Award presented to Stephen Keddy and family.
Contact: Keven Pentz, pentzkj@gov.ns.ca
September 25 - Fredericton, New Brunswick - Doors Open Fredericton at the Atlantic Forestry Centre
From humble beginnings in 1911 when the first entomological lab opened to the cutting-edge science currently taking place at Natural Resources Canada's Atlantic Forestry Centre, Fredericton has been a site of world-class forest research for the past 100 years. For the first time, doors are open to the AFC Greenhouse for you and your family to explore the world of forest science through hands-on exhibits such as strawberry DNA extraction and alien invasive insects. Tour the new Acadian Forest Garden and learn how to identify New Brunswick's native trees. Pick up a tree seedling to bring home to your garden. Guided tours of Acadian Forest Garden at 1:00, 2:00, and 3:00p.m.
Time: 1:00p.m. to 4:00p.m.
Location: Greenhouse/Acadian Forest Garden - Fredericton, New Brunswick
Contact: Karla Gimby, 506-452-3685
September 24 - Ottawa - Tree ID Workshop and Scavenger Hunt
Bring your tree ID books and any questions or samples of trees you need help to identify! The scavenger hunt will be held concurrently to test your tree knowledge. Prizes will be awarded. All ages welcome.
Time: 10:30a.m. to 1:30p.m.
Location: Frank Ryan Park in Ottawa (north of 417, east of Pinecrest)
Host: Ontario Woodlot Association, Lower Ottawa Valley Chapter
Contact: Nancy Young, nancy.young@ottawa.ca
October 5 - British Columbia - The Annual Fort St. James Grade 5 Hike to Bone Lake
Our Fort St. James Annual Grade 5 Hike for National Forests Week is on October 5th. The hike to Bone Lake lasts for the entire school day. There are 5 schools in our area and all grade 5 students are invited to attend. Volunteers from the Fort St. James Forest District, BC Timber Sales Stuart Nechako Business Area Fort St. James Field Team and the local forest industry and consultants work together to make the day fun and interesting for about 100 children. Volunteers help by fundraising to provide a picnic lunch, setting up the lunch site, barbequing, or guiding small groups of children and their teachers along the interpretive trail. The route has prearranged sites that illustrate several seral stages of the forest and various ecosystems. The sites include 2 wetlands, aquatic creatures, bird watching, plant identification, and examples to illustrate forest health, fire and cultural heritage. Children in each of the interpretive groups take photos of the sites and themselves. The photos are collated on a disc for each school to keep and to use to help children make posters and to help reinforce the learnings of the day. Best of all, everyone has FUN.
Host: The Fort St. James Forest District and the Fort St. James Field Team of the BC Timber Sales Stuart Nechako Business Area
Location: Fort St. James, British Columbia
Contact: Susan Salokannel - Susan.Salokannel@gov.bc.ca - 250-996-5203
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