OWA Near North Chapter

09/29/2026

A great program!

There are still some spaces available for those who might be interested...

Collège Boréal

09/22/2026

Several members of the OWA Near North Chapter were involved in this tour and helped make it a success! :)

09/21/2026

🌱 HOPE GROWS: Science • Nature • Resiliency 🌱

Join the Canadian Ecology Centre as we celebrate resiliency and National Take Me Outside Week with a special fall event inspired by the theme “Hope Grows.”

One year after the devastating June 2025 downburst storm, we’re continuing to learn from the land, document its recovery, and reconnect with the natural world. 🍂🌲

🔬 CITIZEN SCIENCE DAYS — FREE!
📅 Thursday, October 22 & Friday, October 23

We need your help! Let’s make a difference.

Be part of real and meaningful citizen science as we collect data to document the growth, regeneration and changes taking place on the land following the June 2025 storm.

🌲 RETREAT WEEKEND
📅 Friday, October 23 – Sunday, October 25

Enjoy a FREE weekend retreat WITH a cabin rental (families/kids welcome)
Saturday afternoon passes are also available for purchase

As the land prepares to slumber and heal during another winter’s rest, we invite you to slow down, reconnect and learn from the natural world.

Throughout the weekend, experience:

🍃 Science, nature connection & land-based healing
🔬 Citizen science and hands-on learning
🌎 Workshops & science presentations
💚 Eco-grief support
🌲 Intentional time outdoors
🤝 Guest experts, professionals & community supporters
🍂 Opportunities for observation, discovery and reflection

Come explore how hope grows — in our forests, in our communities and in our relationship with the land.

💚 All event proceeds support the CEC’s Educational Foundation, helping provide school trip subsidies and summer camp bursaries.

📍 Event details, schedule & registration:
www.canadianecology.ca/rooted

📧 [email protected]

Come learn. Come connect. Come help us document recovery. Come see how HOPE GROWS. 🌱

09/07/2026

Another great issue coming soon to your mailbox! 😄

The Fall 2026 issue of The Ontario Woodlander magazine is off to the printer and will be distributed to members later this month!

This issue focuses on the importance of habitat connectivity and ecological corridors. OWA President Colleen Drew-Baehre says, "Private woodlot owners contribute tremendously to the continuity of woodlands and wetlands that allow wildlife to move freely across the landscape."🦌

Several articles in this issue feature a project funded with support from the Greenbelt Foundation, in which the OWA and Kawartha Land Trust partnered to restore a rare tallgrass prairie along the Oak Ridges Moraine. 🌾

📸 The cover photo is a male scarlet tanager sitting in a tree.

08/22/2026

Congratulations to Tea Price (left), recipient of the OWA Renfrew County Chapter Award and to Grace Hill (right), recipient of the Kiwanis Award at today’s Canadian Institute of Forestry / Institut forestier du Canada Silver Ring Ceremony for Algonquin College. OWA and CIF member Tony Bull is centre. Grace, whose family is from Pakenham, also received a complimentary membership from OWA Lanark and District Chapter. Algonquin College Waterfront Campus Ontario Woodlot Association Renfrew County Chapter CIF Algonquin Section Ontario Woodlot Association Lanark & District Chapter of the OWA Lower Ottawa Valley (LOV) Chapter of the Ontario Woodlot Association (OWA)

08/20/2026

08/12/2026

Way to go OWA Near North Chapter members! :)

07/17/2026

A good read...

06/18/2026

😀😃🙂

06/10/2026

Our Summer 2026 issue features articles from the Ontario Woodlot Association’s counterpart organizations across the country, through our membership with Canadian Forest Owners (CFO). 🍁🌲

As a national federation, CFO advocates for approximately 480,000 private forest landowners, promoting sustainable forest management, biodiversity, and climate change action.

CFO members include families, businesses, and Indigenous groups who collectively manage about 25 million hectares of private land, accounting for close to 20% of Canada's forest production.

We’re looking forward to sharing special national issue with OWA members and with all our counterpart organizations nationwide. 📧

📸Cover photo: Canadian Forest Owners (CFO) Days on the Hill, October 2025. From left to right: Vice Chair Vincent Miville (Fédération des producteurs forestiers du Québec), Chair Jason Killam (J.D. Irving), Past Chair Susannah Banks (New Brunswick Federation of Woodlot Owners), Dean Assinewe (Ontario Woodlot Association member), CEO Andrew de Vries (CFO).

New Brunswick Federation of Woodlot Owners, Fédération des producteurs forestiers du Québec, Woodlot Association of Manitoba, Woodlot Association of Alberta, Private Forest Landowners Association, Forest Nova Scotia, Federation of Nova Scotia Woodland Owners, and PEI Woodlot Owners Association.