The 2009 AGM of the NBFTA was held in Moncton on April 2. The link below is to a pdf document of the minutes of the meeting.

Click here to download meeting minutes

At the 2009 NBFTA AGM, the ARPFNB announced that its membership has decided in favor of drafting ‘Right-to-Practice’ Legislation for forest practitioners in the Province of New Brunswick. They have hired legal counsel to help them in drafting legislation that will eventually be presented to the people of New Brunswick through a Private Members Bill in the New Brunswick Legislature.

At the NBFTA AGM we were invited to take part in this process and reserved decision until we could have a formal meeting to discuss this. That meeting took place today, April 22, 2009, and the Executive has decided that we need to be included in this process in order to have our voice at the table.

The current position of the NBFTA, with respect to this legislation, is that we neither support or reject Right to Practice Legislation. That is something that the general membership will decide in the future. Two members of the Executive will be involved in the process, representing the best interests on the Association.

Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns.

Thanks

Todd MacPherson, CFT
President NBFTA

Following is an announcement for an SFI Webinar April 24 2009 (this coming Friday). Instructions to join in are included in the announcement.

The webinar will cover the following topics and will provide a comprehensive update of SFI Program progress:

* Provide an overview of forest certification
* Provide an overview of the SFI® program including the draft revised SFI Standard
* Present and discuss SFI labels and Claims
* Summarize the key marketing initiatives of SFI in North America, including consumer & customer research to date
* Present technical and marketing resources to support your company and certification
* Q&A session

This webinar is free of charge.

Feel free to forward this notice to anyone who may be interested.

SFI Webinar Series

Sustainable Forestry Initiative Masthead

March 17, 2009

Sustainable Forestry Initiative® 101 Webinar
Friday, April 24, 2009
1:00 PM to 2:30 PM Eastern

The Sustainable Forestry Initiative(SFI) program represents a growing community of foresters, landowners, wood product and paper manufacturers, distributors and conservation organizations, among others, who are committed to improving forest practices globally. Over the past few months, we have had a growing interest among our program participants and certified companies for SFI Inc. to host a webinar to:

* Provide an overview of forest certification
* Provide an overview of the SFI® program including the draft revised SFI Standard
* Present and discuss SFI labels and Claims
* Summarize the key marketing initiatives of SFI in North America, including consumer & customer research to date
* Present technical and marketing resources to support your company and certification
* Q&A session

SFI Inc. President and CEO Kathy Abusow will lead this webinar and Q&A period on the basics of SFI. Attending this live, online session will enable participants to:

* explain the value of SFI to their customer and
* leverage the SFI brand into marketing plans.

The SFI 101 session – the first in a series of webinars coming in 2009. We invite you to please forward this invitation to all relevant staff, sales teams and training coordinators in your organization, and RSVP individually to lisa.fox@sfiprogram.org by April 10th, 2009. The webinar access information is found below.

Future topics in SFI Inc.’s 2009 webinar series will include Green Building, labels & claims, and the revised SFI Standard, among others. Please send suggestions for future webinar topics to karen.brandt@sfiprogram.org.

Webinar Access Details:

Topic: SFI 101
Date: Friday, April 24, 2009
Time: 1:00 pm, Eastern Daylight Time (GMT -04:00, New York)
Meeting number: 598 974 417
Meeting password: (This meeting does not require a password.)

Web conference link:

Please click the link below to see more information, or to join the meeting.

https://intercall.webex.com/intercall/j.php?ED=114359752&UID=0

Audio conference information: Provide your phone number when you join the meeting to receive a call back. Alternatively, you can call:
Call-in toll-free number: 1-866-5536252
Call-in number: 1-650-2514440
Conference Code: 8556904433

We look forward to hearing from you!

Sincerely,

Karen Brandt
Vice-President, Market Affairs
SFI Inc.

Contact Info and RSVP to:

Lisa Fox
Coordinator, Marketing

SFI Inc.

Lisa.Fox@sfiprogram.org

Congratulations to Brandon Hicks, winner of the NBFTA Scholarship for 1st Year MCFT Students. The 18-year-old Sackville, NB resident is also the 2010 Graduating Class President.

left to right: Chris Finnamore, NBFTA Past President, Brandon Hicks, and Todd MacPherson, NBFTA President

This award is presented annually to 1st Year MCFT students who are residents of New Brunswick. To learn more about the criteria for this award please click here.

Again, congratulations to Brandon.

I checked this site today and noticed that it was not functioning properly. Somehow the underlying software corrupted. I installed the newest version of it and now all is working fine.

Don’t Miss Keynote Speaker!

Peter Hall
Export Development Canada

Wednesday, April 1st

“Getting Back to Balance”

“The global recession is now more serious than anybody expected, and will be
deeper than any downturn we have seen in our careers. No industry is exempt,
and surviving the downturn will be a shared challenge. But as the world economy
strives to restore a sense of balance, there are still opportunities that the
Canadian forest industry can take advantage of.”

Peter Hall joined Export Development Canada (EDC) in November 2004. He has 20 years of experience in domestic and international economic analysis and forecasting. Mr. Hall is responsible for overseeing economic and political risk analysis at EDC and the company’s information centre. In addition to advising senior management at EDC, Mr. Hall is a featured speaker at conferences across the country, and is a member of an international
roundtable on the economies of the Asia-Pacific region.
 

Attend the CWF Spring Meeting on April 1 – 2, 2009

at the Delta Beauséjour in Moncton , NB to learn about
 ”Getting Back to Balance” as well as many more exciting educational topics

DON’T FORGET TO BOOK YOUR ROOM EARLY!

Discount rates have been extended to Friday, March 13

Call the Delta Beauséjour in Moncton , NB at (506) 854-4344 and mention the Canadian Woodlands Forum

For more information, contact:

Peter Robichaud

902 897-2568  •  902 893-8434 (fax)  •  902 899-6420 (cell)
e-mail: probichaud@cwfcof.org

or

Tara Croft

902 897-6961 (office)  •  902 897-6976 (fax)

e-mail: tcroft@cwfcof.org

2009 AGM Announcement

506-452-6933

CWF Spring Meeting and NBFTA AGM

PLEASE CLICK ON THE LINK ABOVE FOR THE PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE CWF SPRING MEETING.

Once again the NBFTA Annual General Meeting will be held in conjunction with the CWF Spring meeting. Our meeting will be held on Thursday April 2, 2009 in Moncton.

I hope to see as many members as possible for this meeting.

Chris

Hello,

The Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, New Brunswick Chapter ( CPAWS NB ) is organizing a day-long workshop on the topic:

“Wildlife, Woodlands and Habitat Connectivity in the Chignecto Isthmus Corridor”

Date/Time: November 29, 2008 (9am – 4:00pm)

Location: Room DUNN 108, Mount Allison University , Sackville NB

Cost: $20 (lunch included) 

The session will discuss how woodlots can contribute to wildlife habitat conservation, and techniques landowners can use to conserve wildlife on their property and aid in the movement of wildlife through the landscape.  The content is suitable for any landowner or woodlot owner with an interest, and also land managers and planners.

Presentations include:

·         Woodlots and their Contribution to Regional Habitat Needs and Wildlife Corridors (Dr. Karen Beazley and graduate students, Dalhousie University )

·         Connectivity on the Chignecto Isthmus (Chris Miller, CPAWS NS)

·         Pollet River (NB) Private Woodlot Watershed Management Program (Nairn Hay, Fundy Model Forest NB )

·         Wildlife Habitat Restoration Options for Owners of Acadian Woodlands (Bob Bancroft, Wildlife Biologist)

Continuing Education Credits for Foresters:  ARPFNB members earn 18 CFE credits, NBFTA members earn 6 CFE credits

*Pre-registration is required – space is limited*

For more information and to register contact Robin Musselman (902-455-2202), r.musselman@ns.sympatic.ca or visit www.cpawsnb.org