Annual General Meeting 2025

Our 2025 Annual General Meeting was on April 26th.

This event included a guided spring hike through Bannockburn Tract – a County of Huron forest – followed by lunch at the Stanley Community Centre in Varna, a short business meeting, OWA updates, and raffles.

Lunch was free for members who register by the early bird date of April 12th. After April 12th, lunch cost $10.

Registration is now closed.

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Upcoming Events

Stay tuned for our fall tours.

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Annual General Meeting 2024

Past Events:

 

Annual Spring Tour, Luncheon, and AGM. Our 2024 AGM features:

  • Birds of Prey flight demonstration by the Canadian Raptor Association
  • Sawmilling demonstration and tour of Matt Koch’s hardwoods
  • Guest speakers on windbreaks, tree planting programs, and funding opportunities
  • Lunch, silent auction, and door prizes for members and their guests
  • Read our flyer here: H-P Woodlot AGM 2024

REGISTER by clicking HERE or call Terry at 519-992-5712.

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Schoelier Tour

On September 23rd, 2023, we toured the Schoelier property near St. Mary’s. We lucked out with the weather and were treated to a beautiful day for a walk around the property, and an excellent tour led by Nathan Schoelier.

Nathan showed the group forest reforestation  projects including trees that were planted 20 years ago. We also got the opportunity to see a recent wetland restoration project, and learned about ways to control invasive species including dog-strangling vine and buckthorn. To finish off the tour, we saw the sawmill and kiln-dried hardwood though the Pine Acres Custom Milling, also located at the Schoelier property, where they produce beautiful live-edge, and dimensional hardwood lumber.

Thank you to Nathan, and the Schoelier family for this wonderful tour!

 

 

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Listowel Memorial Park Tour and AGM 2023

We had a very successful Huron-Perth Annual General Meeting and Tour.  Mother Nature did not co-operate – she provided a cold, windy, rainy day all morning.  But this didn’t stop the 50 attendees from enjoying the tour in Listowel.
Doug and Greg gave us a very informative and entertaining tour of the Middle Maitland Re-juvination Project.  We could have spent more time and encourage everyone to take your friends and family to see these walking tours in Listowel – well done.  It is all paved and there are different levels of difficulty.
We enjoyed a hot roast beef meal with all the fixings, (including gravy and dessert) thanks to Barb McCorquodale and her crew.  After the meal, we had an excellent speaker, Erin Gouthro, who covered forest health.
We ended the day with the results of the penny auction of well over 30 items.  A special thanks to all of the Directors who helped make this day a success.  Many hands make light work, right down to the hand made maple leaf center pieces and the organization of the penny auction.
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Celebrating 75 Years of the Huron County Forest program and small-scale timber harvest” at the Stevenson Tract

This tour explored some exciting new improvements in Huron County’s second largest County forest. Starting about 75 years ago, Huron County farmers, local Councils
and the Ontario Department of Lands and Forests worked together to identify and to reforest marginal farmland to protect soils and water quality. The 200 acre Stevenson
Tract is a great example of those efforts. We saw an arborist demonstration courtesy of Tim Prentice, and took a short hike on a new trail along the historic “Sunshine Creek”.

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Andy Ross Property Tour

Andy Ross is now several years into a very successful forest restoration project, with additional mature forest on his property backing onto the Maitland River. Thank you Andy for the wonderful tour!

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Upcoming Fall Tours 2022

Fall Tour 1: Celebrating 75 years of the Huron County Forest program and small-scale timber harvest

Saturday, September 24th, 9:30 am – Noon,  41580 Morris Line (County Road #16), Stevenson Tract, west of Brussels

This tour will explore some exciting new improvements in Huron County’s second largest County forest. Starting about 75 years ago, Huron County farmers, local Councils and the Ontario Department of Lands and Forests worked together to identify and to reforest marginal farmland to protect soils and water quality. The 200 acre Stevenson Tract is a great example of those efforts. We will have some fun with a demonstration of small scale log skidding devices and take a short hike on a new trail along the historic “Sunshine Creek”. Email hpwoodlot@gmail.com to register.

 

Fall Tour 2: Successful tree planting and Fall Colour Tour

Saturday, October 22nd, 9:30 am – Noon,  36823 Londesborough Road,          Ross Property and Morris Tract, west of Benmiller

Andy Ross is now several years into a very successful forest restoration project, with additional mature forest on his property backing onto the Maitland River, The neighbouring Morris Tract is a provincial nature reserve with 58 ha of upland forest, valleys, and a river valley, with a microclimate that supports trees typical of more southern climates. If the weather cooperates, we hope to see some beautiful fall colours on this tour. Email hpwoodlot@gmail.com to register.

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Huron Perth Chapter Newsletter – November 2020

November 2020 Newsletter:

This newsletter includes information about Gypsy Moths, details about an upcoming property tour on November 21, 2020, and a special deal for OWA members on a Woodland Emergency First Aid Kit.

H-P Woodlot November 2020

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Haak Woodlot Tour

Small tour at the Haak Woodlot – November 21st 2020 – 10:00 am

Like so many other groups, the Huron-Perth Woodlot Association has been limited this year by the COVID situation with regard to our popular tours.  Our President, John Haak, has kindly offered to host a small outdoor gathering at his place on Saturday November 21st at 10am.  As per Ontario COVID protocols, numbers will be limited by appointment on a “first come, first serve” basis. You can RSVP directly to John by email: janethaak@hotmail.com.

As usual, John has been busy in his woodlands, and points of interest will include biodiverse tree planting, invasive species management and
management of both hardwoods and softwoods.

Learn about this event and more in our November newsletter: H-P Woodlot November 2020.

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