Monday, February 18, 2008
3rd Annual Niagara Peninsula Forest Health Report
Rittenhouse Conference Room, MNR/OMAF Office, Vineland7:00 pm - 9:00 pmAre your trees suffering? Do you want to know why? How healthy are our forests across Niagara! Patrick Hodge, OMNR, Loretta Shields, CFIA & Albert Garofalo, NPCA will brief us on the Gypsy Moth, Hickory Bark Beetle, Armillaria Root Rot, Emerald Ash Borer, Asian Long Horned Beetle, Sarix Wood Wasp, Pine Shoot Beetle & the Niagara’s Natural Areas Inventory. Bring a fellow woodlot owner!!The MNR/OMAF Office is on the north side of the QEW on Victoria Avenue (Exit 52), Vineland.

Tel: (905) 714-0723 (Mike Rose, LCN)

Saturday, March 8, 2008
Ontario Woodlot Association’s 15th AGM:“Our Forests - An Important Piece of our Natural Landscape”
Evinrude Centre, 911 Monaghan Road, Peterborough8:30 am - 4:00 pmMark this date on your calendar and plan to attend the Annual General Meeting and Woodlot Conference. Topics include woodlot tax planning, wetland management, how to manage for a healthy woodlot, managing for species at risk and taking an inventory of your woodlot. Advance registration ($25) is required & includes lunch. For more information or to register call Rhonda at 1-888-791-1103 ext. #221. The AGM is always worthwhile. Any members who would like to join our distinguished group & car pool, please contact Adam Koziol (905) 701_7025 or Paul Robertson before March 1, 2008.

Saturday, March 15, 2008
Winter Tree Identification
Heartland Forest, Kalar Road, Niagara Falls9:00 am - noonThis morning workshop will show you the tricks of identifying trees and shrubs without leaves. It’s easier than you think. Frank Fohr, Niagara Falls Nature Club & our own John Potter will be your guides through this large & beautiful slough forest. Dress appropriately!!From Montrose Road, travel west on Brown Road to Kalar Road. If still under construction park, along Brown Road west of Kalar Rd., otherwise, turn south on Kalar Rd., to property entrance on west side.

Tel: (905) 892-2566 (John Potter) or (905) 892-3410 (Jim Smith)

Monday May 6, 2008
Movie Night - Planet Earth’s Tree Seasons & Species Endangered
Rittenhouse Conference Room, MNR/OMAF Office, Vineland6:45 pm - 9:00 pmThe BBC’s Planet Earth is for the world to see. When you combine the marvels of the world with spectacular cinematography, everyone will enjoy and learn from the experience. Our forests are more complex than we know & we are impacting them!! Rob Tervo & Amy Brant, of the OMNR Species @ Risk Program will lead us through a short presentation and group discussion on how, as individuals and as a community, we can make a difference!!

Tel: (905) 714-0723 (Mike Rose, Land Care Niagara)

Saturday July 12, 2008
Road Trip - The Red Hill Expressway: Leading Edge Restoration
Kayanase, Osweken & the Red Hill Expressway Restoration Sites, Hamilton7:30 am - 4:00 pmThis is our road show of 2008. The City of Hamilton, MTO & Kayanase, an Environmental Conservation & Ecological Organization , have partnered to combine ecological restoration with education and training. Travel with us to learn from Alan Arthur’s restoration team on how they trained themselves, built a native nursery, involved the public & delivered a site specific restoration program. You may have already seen Alan’s work along the 407. It will be worth the drive to Hamilton.This tour is limited to 50 attendees (unless we can fill 2 buses) and you must register by June 30 with Paul Robertson. There’s no cost for members but $35 for non-members. Bring a lunch. We’ll meet @ 7:30 am and will be returned by 4:00 pm to the Wellandport Community Centre.

Tel: (905) 384-0789 (Paul Robertson) or (905) 934_7053 (Vince Goldsworthy)

Sunday October 5, 2008
Fall Forest Festival:Pruning Plantations & BBQ
Oliver Family Farm, 9801 Regional Road 9,York9:00 am - 1:00 pmBring your family and a friend and enjoy a fall walk through the Oliver Farm & learn about proper tree pruning. You’ll cross the Welland River by wagon, visit old and new woodland restoration projects, practice your pruning & you can even walk their hardwood forest. And after all that, we’ll be co-hosting a delicious BBQ & social with the Haldimand Woodlot Owners Ass. Bring your hiking attire, pruners and leave with a smile. From Castorville travel west on Regional Road 9 1.6 kms to farm on north side of road.From Empire Corners (Slack Lumber on NE corner) travel east on RR 9 (York Road) 5.4 km’s to #9801 on north side of road.

Tel: (905) 692_0318 (Lynn & Bob Oliver)

Saturday November 15, 2008
Annual General Meeting - Gordon Miller, The Environmental Commissioner of Ontario’s Annual Report
Glendale Campus, Niagara College, 135 Taylor Road, NOTL1:00 pm - 4:00 pmFollowing the business portion of our AGM (1:00 - 2:00 pm), we will be joined by our friends and hosts from the Niagara College’s Niagara Environmental Corps & Ecosystem Restoration Program students, the Peninsula Field Naturalists, Niagara Falls Nature Club, Bert Miller Nature Club and Fort Erie Conservation Club to hear our featured guest speaker, Gordon Miller, the Environmental Commissioner of Ontario (ECO). As an independent officer of the Legislative Assemble, Mr. Miller monitors and reports on compliance by provincial ministries with the Environmental Bill of Rights. The 2007/2008 ECO Annual Report will be due so hear it first here! Non NWA members are asked to arrive at 2:00 pm.From Welland travel north on Hwy 406 to St. David's Road exit, east through the Thorold Tunnel where it becomes Thorold Stone Road. Turn left at Taylor Road North (formerly Beechwood Road) and follow down the hill to the College.From the QEW exit at Glendale Avenue, turn left on Glendale to Taylor Road at the lights, then left on Taylor to the College.

Tel: (905) 892-2566 (John Potter) or (905) 934_7053 (Vince Goldsworthy)

Tuesday December 9, 2008
The Mid-Pen Corridor - What Are The Alternatives?
Fort Erie Conservation Club, 255 Ott Road, Stevensville7:00 pm - 9:00 pmWhat is the Niagara to GTA Corridor (a.k.a. Mid-Pen Corridor), its purpose, its benefits, its problems, other transportation alternatives, its status, the process & the project team members. It’s big but we have Project Team members to bring us up to date on the 2 year old project. Join us with our friends from the Fort Erie Conservation Club for an informative presentation.From Hwy 3 travel north on Ott Road to the Stevensville Conservation Area on the west side of the road.From Sodom Road turn west on West Main Street to end & entrance of CA.

Tel: (905) 957_3801 (Adrian Peters) or (905) 734_1916 (Gord McQueen)