Upcoming Events

Webinar: Planning a Salvage Harvest with Species-at-Risk and Biodiversity in Mind
Tuesday, March 11, 2025 @ 7:00pm
via Zoom
Click here to register!
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​2025 Woodland Conferences​

Western Woodland Conference
April 5th, 2025
Forties Community Centre
New Ross, NS (Lunenburg County)

Eastern Woodland Conference
April 12th, 2025
NSCC Strait Area Campus
Port Hawkesbury, NS (Inverness County)

Central Woodland Conference
May 3rd, 2025
North Nova Education Center
​New Glasgow, NS (Pictou County)

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Recorded Events

​​OPDF Annual General Meeting
Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024, 6:30-8:30pm
Watch recording

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Ecological Forest Management in a Changing Climate: A Workshop Series for Forest Stewards​ (2023-2024)

Session 1: Intro to Planting Pruning & Thinning

• Acorns 
• Planting 
• Pruning 

Session 2: Hurricane Restoration, Forest Resilience & Fire Risk (Central Region)

• Workshop Recap 
• Hemlocks and Hemlock Woolly Adelgid 

Session 3: Ecological Forestry & Climate Adaptation

• Workshop Recap 

Session 4: Hurricane Restoration, Forest Resilience & Fire Risk (Eastern Region)

• Climate Change & Ecological Growing Stock 
• Hemlocks and Hemlock Woolly Adelgid 
• Restoration & Succession 
• Forest Soils 

Session 5: Planning a Harvest with Climate Resilience in Mind

• Workshop Recap 
• Soils & Biodiversity 

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Session 6: Using Avenza Maps

• Webinar Recording

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​Ecological Forestry for Beginners: A Workshop Series for New Forest Stewards (2022-2023)
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Webinar Session 1: Hurricane Restoration in the Wabanaki Forest

• ​Webinar Recording 

​Webinar Session 2: Working with Forest Professionals

• Webinar Recording