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Teachers tour – learning about sustainable forestry

Canadian Ecology Centre News Release ********************** Teachers will be given the opportunity to experience sustainable forestry through a unique educational opportunity that allows for informed decisions.
Kate Adams
Canadian Ecology Centre
News Release

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Teachers will be given the opportunity to experience sustainable forestry through a unique educational opportunity that allows for informed decisions.

For the ninth, consecutive year, the Canadian Lumbermen’s Association (CLA) Forestry Teachers Tour will be staged at the Canadian Ecology Centre (CEC), near Mattawa. It is opportunity for 35-40 educators to view forestry from a number of perspectives including harvesting, forest management, silviculture and wood fiber utilization.

Teachers will meet scientists, visit a mill, climb a fire tower, a heritage logging museum, evaluate active harvesting and view the “forest of tomorrow” (silviculture). The four-day session is scheduled for July 29-August 1.

“As a forestry education and science centre we are providing unbiased opportunity for teachers to view the forest industry,” said Bill Steer, General Manager of the CEC. “Trees are our largest plants and wood fibre is truly a renewable resource, a good example of the term – sustainability.”

He said, “The forest of tomorrow is a result of good science and its application. Teachers, and the students they ‘affect,’ have this opportunity to judge for themselves. In this increased time of environmental awareness, the forest industry continues to serve as an example of sustainability, embracing the economic, social and ecological values trees and the forest gives us.”

The teachers visit the Tembec complex in Temiscaming, with the town hosting the teachers. Mayor Philippe Barette of Temiscaming says, “The importance of forestry to our community exceeds 100 years. Having teachers visit Tembec and our town is a wonderful opportunity to emphasize the importance of forestry, jobs and the environment. Teachers affect many students and forestry is well known as a sustainable activity. This is a long-term commitment by our community.”

For more information contact Bill Steer, [email protected] or 1-888-747-7577, ext. 570.

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