We need your help to Find Ash Seed and EAB Survivors! The FGCA has some funds this year to support the National Conservation Strategy for all native ash species in Ontario (white, green, black, blue and pumpkin). We need your help to find trees with viable seed to bank ahead of the Emerald Ash Borer impact. We haven’t much time …
Urgent: Save Ontario’s Seed
Ministry Announced the closure of the Ontario Tree Seed Plant On August 23 2017, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF) announced the closure of the Ontario Tree Seed Plant, effective September 2018. The Ontario Tree Seed Plant and its public seed bank provide genetically appropriate seed for reforestation on Ontario’s Crown land, afforestation planting programs such as the 50 Million Tree …
Annual Report 2014-2015
In preparation for the upcoming AGM, our 2014-2015 Annual Report is now available to read in PDF.
New Website live: Perfection will have to wait
We have waited long enough. It’s time to launch our new website… So, here it is! While we are still completing some sections of the site—and working out a few kinks—we felt that it was finally time to get this site live. We have worked on this on and off, and while we know it’s not yet perfect, we are …
2012 FGCA annual general meeting
Hello FGCA Members and Associates. Please plan to attend our 18th Annual General Meeting in Simcoe County on Monday and Tuesday June 25 & 26, 2012 If you can make it, please register with me by Monday June 18th. Contact Barb Monday, June 25 Ontario Tree Seed Plant, Angus Afternoon Session – 1 to 4:30 pm, $10/person or free with …
Climate change could wreak havoc on maple syrup industry
(KAWARTHA LAKES) It has been an unseasonably warm winter this year, which is giving some cause for concern for local maple syrup producers who wonder what the warmer weather will mean for their already unpredictable industry. About 55 people were on hand for the recent annual general meeting of the Halibruton-Kawartha Maple Syrup Producer Association (HKMSPA) at the Buckhorn Community …