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  • About W&A
    • Peter Williams, M.Sc., R.P.F.
    • STAFF
  • Services
    • Forest Management Plans / MFTIP
    • Private Woodlot Management
    • Tree and Forest Health
    • Emerald Ash Borer Treatment
    • Urban and Municipal Forestry
    • Tree Planting and Tending
    • Communications and Education
    • Butternut Health Assessment
  • EAB Workshop Presentations
    • Emerald Ash Borer



HELPING YOU MAKE
THE MOST OF YOUR FOREST

Communications and Education

Founded on sound teaching and extension experience at the University of Guelph, Williams & Associates has developed and implemented effective communications as well as education materials tailored for their client needs. These have been effectively created for a range of simple to complex topics.  Materials and presentations are designed for all kinds of audiences: youth, the general public, landowners, loggers, farmers, professionals and scientists. Here are some examples of work and publications already produced:

Peter Williams being interviewed about Gypsy Moth in Oakville, Ontario (2008)

Extension and in-service training courses:

  • Forest soil/site interpretations for the O.M.N.R. Ecological Land Classification Field Staff
  • Introduction to Forest Soils (O.M.N.R.)
  • Forest Soils & Silviculture Workshop (sponsored by the O.P.F.A.)
  • Managing For Oak Decline, A Workshop for Managers of Oak Forests
  • Sustainable Harvest Systems (Business management and low impact harvest workshop for loggers) – 2006, 2004, 2003.
  • Skidder Bridge Loan Program
  • Author, OWA Extension Note: “Careful Logging practices: Selecting the Right Harvesting Equipment” (2010)
  • Woodlot Management Training Course for Landowners
  • Woodlot Tour for Farmers – 2000, 2003, 2007, 2010.
  • Numerous workshops and tours for the Ontario Woodlot Association, Stewardship councils
  • Gypsy Moth Workshop – Town of Oakville 2007, City of London 2008.
  • Technical Steering Committee for “A Landowner’s Guide to Careful Logging Practices” (2008)
  • Draft author of “A Landowner’s Guide to Careful Logging Practices” Workshop Series (2009)
  • CFIA retained W&A to organize and deliver two workshops in southern Ontario (Kingston and Orillia) to provide scientific and practical information on EAB and associated ash management to practitioners (i.e, municipal and private sectors) 2014 

Produced:

Citizen Arborist Study Guide
Client: Int. Soc. Arboriculture/Tree Plan Canada

Forestry Training Course for Landowners
Client: OATI & the Waterloo/Wellington Woodlot Owners’ Association

Edited & Published:

Key to Silvicultural Treatments for Common Southern Ontario Stand Types
Client: Waterloo Stewardship Network and the O.M.N.R.

EMERALD ASH BORER TREATMENTS

MFTIP/ FOREST MANAGEMENT PLANS

PRIVATE WOODLOT MANAGEMENT

TREE AND FOREST HEALTH

URBAN & MUNICIPAL FORESTRY

Links to some of our friends

  • MADEIRA FARMS
  • Ontario Woodlot Association
  • Ontario Professional Foresters Association
  • Forests Ontario

Contact

forstar@execulink.com

(519) 856-1286 (local)
(866) 856-1286 (toll free)

Williams & Associates
5369 Wellington Road 27, R.R#1
Rockwood, ON, N0B 2K0

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