Welcome to the
Eastern Ontario Model Forest!

As one of fourteen model forests in Canada’s Model Forest Network, the Eastern Ontario Model Forest works with government, landowners, industry, First Nations and other stakeholders to develop new ways to sustain and manage our forest resources.

The EOMF champions the belief that we all have a stake in ensuring that the environmental, economic, cultural and social values of Eastern Ontario's forests are maintained for the benefit of all, now and in the future.

The principle behind the model forest program is simple: demonstrate how partners, representing a diversity of forest values, can work together to achieve sustainable forest management using innovative, region-specific approaches.

Forests for Seven Generations

Adopting the philosophy of the First Nations people, the EOMF considers each decision and new technology bearing in mind how it will affect "seven generations".

By learning from those who came before, and by considering those who come after us, the EOMF hopes that there will always be plenty of trees in our forest.

Forest Communities Program

2007 marked a new beginning for the Eastern Ontario Model Forest as we celebrated becoming a Forest Communities Program (FCP) site. The FCP is a $25-million, 5-year program that funds 11 sites (all model forests) across Canada. It is administered by the Canadian Forest Service within Natural Resources Canada, and is designed to assist community-based partnerships to develop and share knowledge, strategies and tools to adjust to forest sector transition and to take advantage of emerging forest-based opportunities.

In support of the objectives of the FCP, the EOMF will provide a vital platform for fostering collaborative community efforts that promote and support sustainable forest communities in the lower Great Lakes-St. Lawrence basin.

For more information…

The EOMF is one of fourteen model forests in Canada's Model Forest Network.

Visit www.modelforest.net!

EOMF Highlights

EOMF and Ontario Stewardship have developed a collection of workshop materials and information on a wide variety of topics including climate change, private woodlot management, insects and disease, and much, much more.
Caring For Your Land Workshops

Ontario East Wood Centre

The Ontario East Wood Centre has been designed to help businesses employ environmentally and economically sound practices as they manufacture value-added wood products. If your company is involved in producing value-added wood products, discover the opportunities at the Ontario East Wood Centre & Eco-Industrial Park.

EOMF Forest Certification

Want to learn how to sustainably manage your private or community forest for the values that are important to you, then check-out EOMF’s sustainable Forest Certification initiative. We’ll enable you to learn about and apply the concepts of sustainable forest management, and share our world-recognized FSC Certification designation.

The Eastern Ontario Urban Forest Network is a working group of communities, agencies, and individuals in eastern Ontario who have an interest in promoting healthy urban forests.

Herpetofaunal Atlas

Learn more about how you can contribute to this atlas on the reptiles and amphibians of eastern Ontario.

Upcoming events

Ontario East Municipal Conference
September 16th, 17th, 18th
Kingston, ON

Forest Fair of Eastern Ontario
September 25, 2010
Kemptville, Ontario

Short Rotation Woody Crops in a Renewable Energy Future: Challenges and Opportunities
October 17-19, 2010
Syracuse, New York

More events in the EOMF...

News flash

	South Nation Conservation is looking to hire a dynamic individual to be an ambassador for sustainable woodlot management in Eastern Ontario. For more information please follow this link. (English PDF \| French PDF)
	View Spring 2010 issue of Forestry Forum here.
	View EOMF Fall Forestry Forum Newsletter here.
	EOMF 2008-2009 Annual Report available now!
	Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) Strikes Ottawa! Click here for latest bilingual EAB Fact Sheet for private woodlot owners produced by the Regional Forest Health Network.
	"Rights vs Responsibilities" Click here to read a compelling perspective on EAB and private land ownership from the Mohawk Council of Akwesasne.
	A Special Tribute to Brian Barkley
	Brian Barkley, GM of the Eastern Ontario Model Forest Announces his Retirement.
	Forestry Forum Newsletter Spring 2009
	Proceedings now available from the 2008 Christmas Forestry Seminar
	Enhancing Species at Risk Habitat in Your Eastern Ontario Woodlot This booklet is intended as a tool to assist landowners in enhancing species at risk habitat. It begins with a discussion of what constitutes a species at risk, why species are ‘at risk’, and how you, as a landowner, can play a central role in ensuring the survival of species at risk. Woodland habitats used by species at risk are then reviewed in some detail. The lion’s share of the booklet is devoted to a discussion of the practical ways in which you can enhance species at risk habitat in your woodlot. Legislative considerations are reviewed in brief.
	A new module in the Caring for your Land Workshop Series has just been released and is available online. Click here to view and download 7 new modules on the latest concerning Species at Risk!

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Partnerships

Here are profiles of a few of our many partners. Click here to see a full list.

Ferguson Forest Centre
Forest Gene Conservation Association
Frontenac Arch Biosphere Reserve
MNR Natural Spaces Program
Ontario Woodlot Association