National Forest Week 2005 - The Boreal Forest: A Global Legacy
The Western Newfoundland
Model Forest Partnership celebrated National Forest Week
May 1 – 7, 2005.
Schedule of Events, 2005
National
Forest Week 2005
| Friday, April 29-Sunday,
May 1 |
WNMF Partnership
display at Home and Garden Show (Pepsi Centre)
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| Monday, May 2 |
Breakfast –
by invitation – 8:30 a.m.
Official Opening
and Tree Planting – all are welcome. 9:30 a.m.
Lunchtime Speaker
Series: Industry in the Boreal Forest
Jim Evans, Abitibi Consolidated; and George
Van Dusen, Corner Brook Pulp and Paper Ltd.
12-1 p.m. Bring your lunch.
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| Tuesday, May 3 |
Lunchtime Speaker
Series: Aboriginal Values in Forest Management
Reg
Parsons, Canadian Forest Service; Valerie
Courtois, Innu Nation
12-1 p.m. Bring your lunch.
Corner Brook
Café – please stay tuned to Rogers Cable
9 this week! |
| Wednesday, May 4 |
Woods Camp Lunch
– Moose stew, rolls, tea, coffee and blueberry
cake. $5.00 – proceeds towards Log-a- Load for Kids.
Call Marilyn at 637-3104 to register for lunch.
12 p.m.
followed by:
Crosscut Challenge!
Get
you team of two together – two Lumber Jacks, two
Lumber Jills, or a Jack and a Jill.
Call Marilyn at 637-3104 to register your team.
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| Thursday, May 5 |
Lunchtime Speaker
Series: Model Forests in Atlantic Canada
Nairn
Hay, Fundy Model Forest
Dave
Sutherland, Nova Forest Alliance
Pierre
Belleau, Bas-Saint-Laurent Model Forest. Bring your lunch.
CBC Crosstalk
on Radio Noon – Trees in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Anne’s guests will be David Evans, senior arborist with
the City of St. John’s, and George Van Dusen, Corner
Brook Pulp and Paper Woodlands.
CFS walking tour
– Regina High School 9 a.m., 10:30 a.m. and
2 p.m.
Social –
Join us on the patio behind the Forest Centre (enter through
Canadian Forest Service Main Floor, Forest Centre) for a social.
Munchies and cash bar. In case of inclement weather, we’ll
meet in the CFS boardroom.
3 p.m.
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| Friday, May 6 |
Corner Brook Pulp and
Paper offering mill tours with a focus on
Woodlands
10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Please call Marilyn at 637-3104 to book your spot.
National Forest Week Charity
Hockey Tournament in support of Log-a-Load
for Kids.
Begins 5 p.m. at the Pepsi Centre (Kinsmen Arena). Donations
gratefully accepted at the door. Runs until May 8.
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| All week |
Nature Art Display
at Forest Centre – art contest for high school students
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