2010 Ecological Forestry Short Course

  • June 28, 2010 11:47 am

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Ecological Forestry Short Course Program

August 2nd – 6th, 2010

Sackville, NB

 

This is an updated program for CFI’s upcoming Ecological Forestry Course in Sackville, NB.  We have added an optional film program for the evenings of the course as well.  If interest permits,  participants will also have the opportunity to earn a Chainsaw Safety Certificate at a reduced rate immediatey following the short course in Sackville.

Registration: $400.00

Meals: $25.00/day

Instructors

Jamie Simpson – EAC Forestry Program Coordinator and author of Restoring the Acadian Forest: A Guide to Forest Stewardship for Woodlot Owners in the Maritimes

Bill McKay – President of Nagaya Forest Restoration Ltd.

Marc Spence – President of New Brunswick Community Land Trust

Michael Spence – Uniacke Hill FSC Woodlot Owner and Operator

Day 1 (August 2nd)

Full Day – Classroom – Sackville, NB

  • New Brunswick’s Acadian Forest – Our History, Our Challenge and a Possibility for Change
  • Principles of Ecological Forestry – Making Conservation a Consequence of Production

Day 2 (August 3rd)

Morning – Field – Sackville, NB

  • Learning to see the Forest – A walk through the woods
  • Tree Identification Practicum.

Afternoon – Classroom – Sackville, NB

  • Tools for Change – Certification and the Community Land Trust model

Day 3 (August 4th)

Morning – Classroom – Sackville, NB

  • Practical Techniques and Procedures for Good Forest Operations
  • Introduction to Chainsaw Safety and Maintenance

Afternoon – Field – Sackville Community Garden

  • Working in the Image of Nature – Edible Forest Gardening
  • Propagation of Native Mushrooms

Day 4 (August 5th)

Full Day – Field – Otter Creek, NB

  • Wild Crafting – Native Food, Medicine and Candy
  • Adding Value – Timber Framing
  • Propagation of Trees and Field Nursery Maintenance

Day 5 (August 6th)

Full Day – Field – Baie Verte, NB

  • Selecting, Harvesting, Milling, and Processing FSC Lumber

Final Dinner – Forestry for Tomorrow

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Backyard Beekeeping – Day 1

  • June 19, 2010 2:13 pm

Photos by Rob

 

Worker Bee calling her friends home

Worker Bee calling her friends home.

 

 

 

Participants getting ready to open their first hive.

Participants getting ready to open their first hive.

 

 

 

Veils come off as participants get more comfortable with the bees.

Veils come off as participants get more comfortable with the bees.

 

 

Backyard Beekeepers in the Making.

Backyard Beekeepers in the Making.

Introduction to Backyard Beekeeping

  • June 16, 2010 3:23 pm

Introduction to Backyard Beekeeping

 

June 19 – 20 – Sackville, NB

This weekend, Community Forests International will be offering a beginners course in small scale apiculture with an emphasis on “natural” management techniques, hands-on practice, and basic honey bee biology and behaviour. Participants will alternate between classroom instruction and discussion, and actual demonstrations and individual practice working with the bees.

The two day course is designed to give participants sufficient knowledge and confidence to begin their own adventure as keepers of bees. Instructors possess a combined 57 years of experience working with bees, as well as 7 years of instruction and extension experience.

Couples and children welcome and encouraged. The cost of the workshop is by donation (recommended at 135$ for the individual, $200 a couple). Space is extremely limited as this course offers participants a very high degree of hands-on exposure. Contact info(at)forestsinternational.org or call (514) 839-0546 for more details.

Click Here to register Online!

 

New CFI Movie

  • June 16, 2010 10:40 am

A Beginning in Pemba from Community Forests International on Vimeo.

Food Forest Workshop

  • June 5, 2010 10:40 am

 

On July 5th, Community Forests International hosted their first in the 2010 Summer Workshop Series. Thanks for everyone that came out – it’s great to see how many people are interested in Food Forest Gardening. Several people left inspired to sculpt their own food forest creation, and we’re happy to be a part of this gardening revolution.

Workshop Participants Working in the Food Forest Guild

Workshop Participants Working in the Food Forest Guild

Daimen Hardie Demonstrating Mushroom Log Inoculation

Daimen Hardie Demonstrating Mushroom Log Inoculation

Workshop Participant Planting in the Forest Guild

Workshop Participant Planting in the Forest Guild

Food Forest Presentation

Food Forest Presentation

CFI Member at Whaelghinbran Farm

  • June 1, 2010 2:30 pm

CFI member Colleen Freak recently landed at Whaeghlinbran Farms outside of Sussex, NB for a stint of volunteer work at this revered organic farm. Farm owners Clark Phillips and Susan Tyler have provided a remarkable example of good land stewardship and have restored their woodlot through years of enrichment forestry. This site holds a special place in the CFI heart, demonstrating how humanity and the natural environment can strike a sustainable deal, providing for both without sacrificing the health and integrity of either. In order to maintain our present way of life, we must work to make conservation a consequence of production, and to walk through the Whaelghinbran forest one immediately sees that Clark and Susan have worked to make the dream of conservation forestry a reality.

The picture below shows Colleen outside the trailer in which she’ll be living for her stay at Whaelghinbran Farm.  The trailer was restored by the Community Forests Canada gang, with a special thanks to Kevin Pauley and Gavin Hardie, both of which spent countless hours working on this vintage 1955 trailer.

Colleen outside her Trailer

Colleen outside the CFI Trailer

CFI Trailer at Whaelghinbran Farm

CFI Trailer at Whaelghinbran Farm