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Achievements
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New Forest
Centre Signs for Highway 17
Two new signs,
outlining services available at the Forestry Centre were erected on the
East and West approaches on Highway 17. These highly-visible
directional signs include both summer and winter activities. This
project was initiated by the Friends and made possible through our
partnership with the Visitor Centre Municipal Committee.
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Algonquin Park through
Time and Space
an
evening with acclaimed scientist and author Frank Ahern
sponsored by the Friends of the Petawawa Research Forest
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How Algonquin has been
moulded over 1500 million years by amazing geological events;
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How Algonquin’s topography
and climate dictate its forest communities;
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How the forest is made of
many layers, and how local conditions determine the plants that make up
these layers;
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How the legacy of the ice
ages can be seen in the patterns of Algonquin’s vegetation;
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How the harsh realities of
the food chain and the population pyramid control everything from moose
to mice to microbes.
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Annual
General Meeting
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
7 - 9 pm
Deep
River Library Program Room
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Walk in the Forest
including the
White Pine Demonstration Forest
Saturday
October 17, 2009
10:00 am
Meet at the
Forestry Station
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PRF Visitor Centre
Season Opening -
Everyone Welcome
12 noon -
Tues June
30, 2009
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Open daily 10 am to 6 pm
July to Labour Day
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Maplefest |
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Friends at Maplefest |
Lions Club
Maplefest
at the
Petawawa Research Forest Sugar
Bush
Sunday, April 21, 2009 10
am - 1 pm
Family Fun - come for brunch -
sausages, pancakes & maple syrup
sponsored by the Chalk River
Lions Club
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Sugar Bush Tours |
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Sugar Bush Tours operate
from the end of March and continue to the end of April. Students learn
about nature, maple syrup and the PRF.
To book a tour contact
Michelle Stein at 613-589-2825 (home) or 613-401-7467 (cell) or
email
shotgunshelly363@hotmail.com
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90th Anniversary
Banner at the Visitor Centre
A 12-foot
banner celebrating the 90th anniversary of the PRF was purchased and hung
on the outer wall of the Visitor Centre
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90th Anniversary
Glacial Erratic Boulder
A boulder
was moved from the Petawawa Research Forest to the Visitor Centre where it
was engraved to commemorate the establishment of the Petawawa Research
Forest in 1918. |
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Celebratory Ceremony for
90 years of Research
Thursday,
October 30, 2008, 1:30 pm
The Petawawa
Research Forest is celebrating 90 years of research!
Since its establishment in
1918, the Petawawa Research Forest (PRF) has undergone several name changes;
however, its invaluable contributions to forest research have remained
constant.
Together with the Canadian
Wood Fibre Centre of Natural Resources Canada, we would like to invite you to
a celebratory ceremony at which a commemorative engraving, donated by the
Friends of the Petawawa Research Forest, will be unveiled.
Please join us to celebrate
with current and former employees, researchers who are currently conducting
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Publicity for
the Visitor Centre |
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The Friends have
joined the Ottawa Valley Tourist Association to publicize the Visitor Centre
across Ontario. The Centre will be listed in the OVTA travel guide and
on the website. As well, a display ad will appear in the Road Map to
make visitors and residents aware of the many attractions that await them in
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Portable Display
Banner
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We have
created a display banner that will be used to promote the Friends at various venues.
Chairman Earl Berry showed off the new banner at the Visitor Centre
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Clearing of
Maunsell Lake Trail
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Frank Knaapen, Co-ordinator of the Forestry Technician Program at
Algonquin College watches as student Dylan Saylor fells a tree
during the clearing of the Maunsell Lake Trail for cross-country skiers
and hikers
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Museum Display Cases |
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Two museum display cases were built by the Rotary Club of North Renfrew,
Deep River branch, under the direction of John Veen. Installed in
the Visitor Centre, they display a unique collection of antique forestry
instruments. Engraved plaques acknowledging the Rotary Club
contribution were donated
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White Pine
Demonstration Forest Interpretive Display
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New
information panels linking the white pine grading exhibit with the Demonstration
Forest were mounted along the Visitor Centre walkway
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Ontario
Woodlot Association Forestry Field Trip
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The Friends
assisted with the OWA Forestry Field Trip held on April 19. Grade 7 and 8
students from St. Mary's School in Deep River visited a woodlot area in
the PRF to learn about tree species, wildlife (birds, reptiles and
mammals), water ecology, water sampling and tree harvesting.
To support
this worthwhile educational experience, the Friends assisted as
guides, provided hip waders for the students and paid the transportation
costs
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Visitor Centre
Kids’ Corner |
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This
year's summer students set up a Kids' Corner at the Visitor Centre. The Friends assisted with
this project and public response was very positive.
Two "Fun Days" were held at the Centre with approximately 20-30
children attending each day |
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NEW - White Pine Demonstration
Forest
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Enhanced Exhibit
Hall
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Refurbished
Forest Theatre
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New and Improved Displays
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Grades of
Pine |
Birds of the PRF |
Antique Forestry Tools |
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More New
Sponsors |
Upgraded Water
Trail |
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Friends of the Petawawa Research Forest Inc.