| 2005-08-19 | Item | Venue |
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08:00 AM -
04:00 PM |  Registration | Lobby of the Forestry Centre |
08:30 AM -
11:50 AM |  Developing Multiple Products on your Woodlot - Workshop
8:00 - 8:30 - Glen Blouin - Moderator - Introduction and Icrebreaker
8:30 - 9:15 - Dr. Stewart Cameron and Dr. Ron Smith - The Domestication of Canada Yew (Taxus canadensis)
9:15 - 9:45 - Dr. Stewart Cameron and Dr. Ron Smith - Multi-species plantations under the Forest 2020 Program for Carbon Sequestration and NTFP Production
9:45 - 10:00 - Break
10:00 - 10:45 - Dr. Nelson Poirier - Mushrooms - A Natural Bounty for the Forest and Us
10:45 - 11:30 - Sid Watts - Prince Edward Island Perspective on Value-added Opportunities
11:30 - 12:00 - Tim Hunter - Hunter Lake Tamarack Flooring, Upper Golden Grove (near Quispamsis) | TBA |
08:30 AM -
09:20 AM |  Stand Composition of a Sugar Bush
Gary W. Graham - OSU | TBA |
|  Timber Quality vs. Quantity - Panel
TBA - Quality
What are some of the issues around obtaining high quality poplar and softwood products for your mill? How can some of these issues be addressed?
Tim Fox, Manager - Carleton-Victoria Marketing Board - Management Value
What are the issues around managing for a variety of values and products? What factors are used in determining which products are produced?
Serge Laplante - Groupe Savoie | TBA |
|  Shearing to Meet Evolving Customer Needs
Larry Downey - Quebec | TBA |
09:20 AM -
10:10 AM | The Tree of the Future
Maxwell L. McCormack, Jr. - Research Professor Emeritus - University of Maine | TBA |
| Providing More Acadian Forest Wildlife Habitats in Todays Managed Forests
Bob Bancroft, Consultant - Nova Scotia | TBA |
| Evaluating and Producing Quality Syrup
Nathalie Martin - Centre ACER, Québec | TBA |
09:20 AM -
04:00 PM | Exhibits Open | Exhibitor Tent |
10:10 AM -
11:00 AM | Health Break | TBA |
11:00 AM -
11:50 AM | Managing Your Woodlot for High Value Hardwood Products
Neil Lamson, Consultant Forester and Woodsworker - Vermont | TBA |
| Reducing Sugarbush Land Damage from Roads and Trails
Gary W. Graham - OSU | TBA |
| The Evolution of Christmas Tree Farming in Ontario: Whre have we been and where are we going?
Doug Drysdale | TBA |
11:50 AM -
01:00 PM | Lunch on the front lawn with "fun" wreath competition. | Front lawn of the Forestry Centre |
01:00 PM -
01:50 PM | Value-adding and Innovation
Shirley Deugo, Fulton's Pancake House and Sugar Bush - ON | TBA |
| Social Trends - Panel
Tom Beckley, Professor - Faculty of Forestry, UNB - Social Trends in Forestery
How does the general public see private woodlot issues? What expectations do they have? What impacts could this have on woodlot owners? What are the trends/impacts elsewhere?
TBA - Liability Issues Under Watercourse Legislation
What are the legal requirements regarding watercourses on woodlots? How do the changes to the Wetland Conservation Policy affect woodlot owners? What are the repercussions of not following the legislation?
Rick Doucett, CFT - NB Power Transmission - Woodlot Owner Survival in the Face of Changing Social Goals
How has public perception and watercourse legislation affected management of his/her property? Have there been financial implications? Have there been positive outcomes from these external pressures? How does he/she deal with these issues? | TBA |
| Christmas Trees and Integrated Pest Management: Alternative Methods
Dan Quiring, Professor of Forestry and Environmental Management - UNB | TBA |
01:00 PM -
04:00 PM | Estate Planning
Kevin Forgrave - Moderator
Bruce Lunergan, CA, CMA, TEP - Lunergan Spacek Chartered Accountants, NB
Susan McIsaac, CA - Amherst, NS - Taxes and your Woodlot: An Overview of various tax issues frequently faced by woodlot owners | TBA |
01:50 PM -
04:00 PM | Provincial Christmas Tree Association: Leaders in Canada - Panel | TBA |
01:50 PM -
02:40 PM | Food Safety in Maple Syrup Production
John Henderson - Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food (OMAF) | TBA |
| Environmental Threats: Exotic Species in the Maritimes
David McDonald - Maritime College of Forest Technology | TBA |
02:40 PM -
03:10 PM | Health Break | Lobby of the Forestry Centre |
03:10 PM -
04:00 PM | Who Will Log?
Andy Egan, Professor - Laval University, Quebec | TBA |
| New Brunswick Maple Syrup Association Meeting | TBA |
05:00 PM -
06:00 PM | Social Hour (Cash Bar) | Fredericton Inn |
06:00 PM -
10:00 PM | Closing Banquet | Fredericton Inn |