Wisdom in the Woods

Harvest ends two-year storm damage saga Harvest contractor Eberly used a grapple to pull full-length trees to a landing during the September clean-up of storm damage in Bob Austman’s woodlot near Piney. Some of the better sawlogs harvested were 15 inches or more at the base, with no rot or decay. Sixteen cords of logs were delivered to sawmill owner Rino Ouellet at St. Labre. For more on this story, see pages 6-9. Sawmills scrambling for wood supply By Sheilla Jones companies. The massive contraction in the industry’s Sawmills and pulp operations in Canada are scrambling capacity to get wood from the forest to the market is now to get enough wood to meet their needs. The wood is squeezing mill operations. there, but the capacity to get it harvested and to the mills Munro said Weyerhaeuser’s new plant in Kenora, which is not. produces an engineered wood product manufactured “Everybody is short of wood these days,” said Dale primarily from poplar, has had to shut down several times Munro, woodlands manager for Prendiville Industries in this year because they have run out of wood. Kenora. “There’s not enough trucking capacity.” “We’re all tight for wood. The capacity has to build back up to meet the demand.” “Everybody is short Continued on page 2 of wood these days.” Inside this issue: Many sawmills and forestry operations closed their • WAM set to study woodland foods, page 3 doors and sold off their equipment after the economic recession in 2008 that a massive collapse in the • Invitation to member meeting, page 3 demand for construction materials from the United • Woodlots fall off federal radar, page 5 States. So did small-scale and trucking

September/October 2014 1 Mills face shortage of Woodlot Association of Manitoba wood supply Board of Directors 2014/2015 Continued from front page

Rebuilding that capacity is crucial to plans by President: Irene de Graaf, Narol, (204) 661-2068 Prendiville to re-open its own plant in Kenora in the [email protected] spring. The Kenora Forest Products sawmill shut down Secretary-Treasurer: six years ago, another victim of the economic recession, Allan Webb, Stonewall (204) 467-8648 and now the company is looking for a stable wood supply [email protected] of pine and spruce. Past President: Len Riding, St. Malo “We’re planning on running 450-thousand cubic metres Directors: through the sawmill when we’re running full tilt,” said •Mike James, Winnipeg, Beaconia Munro. He added that he’ll be looking for large quantities of wood from Manitoba. •Bob Austman, Beausejour Prices for softwood , plywood, oriented strand •Tom Dykstra, Balmoral board and pulp have been climbing steadily over the past •Bruce MacLeod, Winnipeg year, and Munro predicts they’ll soon be back up to •Louise Matthewson, Gimli historical levels. •Clint Pinder, Stony Mountain “Things are gradually returning to normal,” he said. •Chris Matthewson, Oakbank “Demand is up and it will continue to go up.” The sawmill in Ear Falls, about 200 kilometres north of The Manitoba Woodlot is published six times annually as a Kenora, has also re-opened. Eacom Timber Corporation service to the membership of the Woodlot Association of re-opened the mill in August, after shutting down Manitoba (WAM). operations there five years ago. WAM seeks to promote an understanding of sustainable woodlot management, increase income and employment potential for the woodlot sector, promote the use of woodlot products in the place of non-renewable and imported products, and develop human resources in woodlot management. WAM represents the interests of our members within the Canadian Federation of Woodlot Owners (CFWO). The CFWO makes those interests known to forestry ministers at both levels of government. WAM also has a representative to the Manitoba Model Forest, another organization that promotes sustainable management of Manitoba’s wooded areas. WAM is a non-profit organization led by a volunteer Board of Directors, which meets monthly. Our Annual General Meeting (AGM) is held each year before the end of March and is open to all members in good standing.

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2 The Manitoba Woodlot WAM launches Woodland Farm Food Project

By Sheilla Jones make-up of wooded lands in the province. As the former Manitoba’s wooded lands have the potential for a woodlot management plan officer for the Manitoba bountiful harvest—not just of wood—but of food, and Forestry Association, he has conducted over a thousand that’s what WAM’s Woodland Farm Food Project is woodland assessments. studying. James and Fosty expect to complete their study on the The new project, with funding from the Growing viability of harvesting and marketing wild foods in Visions program of Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Manitoba and report on their findings in May 2015. Rural Development (MAFRD), will examine the The Growing Visions program is part of a federal and viability of growing and harvesting wild foods across the provincial government initiative, which has invested southern part of the province. $176-million in strategic initiatives in Manitoba in its “When we think of wild foods in wooded lands,” said current five-year plan. Mike James, who is leading the study, “people usually This program boosts industry capacity by assisting think of birch or maple syrup, wild mushrooms and organizations such as WAM to help develop and chokecherries. But there is so much more.” implement strategic plans that position the organization James, who is a certified trainer in non-timber forest to lead the sector forward. products (NTFPs), has been teaching workshops in For more information of the Growing Visions program, Manitoba on how to utilize resources on wooded lands, visit the online site at including consumables. www.gov.mb.ca/agriculture/growing-forward-2/strategic- He said the Woodland Farm Food Project builds on initiatives/index.html. previous work done in the province by the Manitoba Model Forest and the Northern Development Centre, INVITATION TO WAM MEMBERS which focussed mainly on forested areas in the North and on First Nations lands. The difference with the WAM project is that the focus has shifted to wooded lands in Woodland Farm Food Project: Past and Manitoba’s agricultural zone. Present Trends in Harvesting Non- “It’s not just what people can harvest from woodlots,” Timber Resources of Wooded Lands said James, “but about enhancing what they have by adding their own plantings, and by growing wild foods in Presenters: Mike James and Ken Fosty gardens and greenhouses. There are plants such as stinging nettles, new-growth spruce buds and dandelion Find out about non-timber forest products leaves that are very nutritional and can be substituted for (NTFPs): salad greens and vegetables. We can even cultivate • The many resources in wooded lands other ‘weeds’ like pigweed and sheep sorrel for their high than just timber nutritional value.” • How to identify consumable and non- The challenge in getting such foods to market, he notes, appears to be the lack of a strategy that can allow consumable resources landowners to move beyond a few, scattered niche • The successes and challenges of previous markets. ventures in developing NTFPs “There seems to be quite a bit of interest in harvesting • The present trends in harvesting NTFPs from wild foods,” said James. “What people seem to be looking for is guidance, and marketing ideas such as the wooded lands development of a co-operative.” When: Tuesday, December 2, 2014 at 7:00 pm James said the examination of the successes and challenges of wild food production in Manitoba, Ontario Where: Smitty’s Restaurant, and British Columbia is underway. He is working with 168 Main St., Selkirk arborist Ken Fosty, who is also certified in NTFPs. RSVP: Please advise Allan Webb if you will be James and Fosty will also be assessing the “inventory” attending by calling 204-467-8648 or emailing of existing wild food production in Manitoba, and the Allan at [email protected]. potential for enhanced use of wooded farm lands to grow wild foods. Fosty has considerable knowledge of the Light refreshments served.

September/October 2014 3 How to minimize creosote build-up from wood fires By Clint Pinder • Burn hot fires that have plenty of air. (See the first It is best to deal with creosote by preventing it in the point in this list.) first place. The following are tips to minimize and • Build your chimney inside your home as much as prevent creosote buildup: possible. This will result in greater draw as well which • Avoid burning fires that are slow and smoldering makes a fire easier to start. When a chimney is on the because the combustion by-products – rather than being outside of the house or is not insulated sufficiently, it can burned in a hot, clean fire – go up the flue and contribute be difficult to warm the air inside the flue, causing poor to the collection of creosote deposits inside. You should combustion in the fire, a greater amount of creosote always be able to see a flame in your fireplace or stove, buildup, and a smoky fireplace. if not it is smoldering. No species of firewood creates more creosote than • Do not burn newly cut unseasoned firewood. It another type. Wet firewood (moisture content greater than typically takes between six months and one year for cut 20 percent) will create creosote, regardless of species. wood to get to a low enough moisture content (ideally Contact your local chimney professionals today for a less than 20 percent moisture content). You can test for chimney inspection and cleaning to remove possible moisture using a store-bought moisture meter available creosote deposits. for around $35. • Do not burn artificial packaged logs in your fireplace Clint Pinder is a WAM director and owner of Firewood or your wood stove, since they leave a large amount of Manitoba. creosote deposits.

4 The Manitoba Woodlot CFWO Report • Canada’s woodlots disappear from federal radar Government downsizing at the federal level is Resources Canada is the principal federal forest research continuing to take its toll on resources and services in organization in Canada. The National Forest Strategy and Canada’s forestry sector, including those for woodlot the Canada Forest Accord have historically referenced all owners. forests in Canada, but woodlots and other privately The Canadian Federation of Woodlot Owners (CFWO) owned forests are no longer included, without any was surprised and concerned to discover that privately explanation. owned forests in Canada have completely dropped off The CFWO has met with CFS to address this concern. the federal government's radar. CFWO director Marc-André Côté said that the meetings “This is a great concern,” said Bob Austman, CFWO were important and cordial, but CFS officials didn’t first vice-president and WAM director. “Private forests know where woodlot owners fit within the department’s in Canada collectively constitute an area the size of strategy. Côté added that CFS recognized the need to get France, yet the Canadian Forestry Service’s Forest more information to private forest owners on disease and Accord doesn’t even mention them.” pest concerns, but due to CFS downsizing, officials were The Canadian Forest Service (CFS) of Natural unsure how to get more research to people on the land.

• Impact of Species at Risk delays unknown Environment Canada has fallen so far behind in woodlot owners might be put in place or when that will development assessment plans to protect species at risk happen. of extinction that the CFWO no longer knows what kind Environment Canada admits assessment plans for 85 of impact assessments will have on woodlot operations. percent of the listed species-at-risk have either not yet Assessment plans required under the Species at Risk begun or have been delayed. Earlier this year, a Federal Act (SARA), said Austman, could limit when woodlot Court judge ruled that the environment minister and the owners harvest trees on their wooded lands to protect, fisheries minister both broke the law by failing to enforce for instance, at-risk birds nesting on eggs in the spring. the Species at Risk Act. At the time, the environment However, with the huge backlog in assessment plans minister admitted that recovery strategies or management awaiting government attention, Austman said there is no plans for 163 of 192 species were overdue, some by more way to get any kind of handle on what plans affecting than six years. • Firewood shortage on the horizon The rebounding of the housing market in the United Brunswick brokers have been searching the province for States is having an impact on wood supplies right across wood supplies to feed their own mills. Only about five Canada. percent of wood from private woodlots in Quebec is Firewood is in short supply in the Maritimes as mills being exported at this time. gobble up all the wood they can get their hands on. In In Manitoba, firewood demand remains strong. Nova Scotia, firewood going to the Northern Pulp Mill is Markets and prices are improving, but most of the wood creating a shortage of fuel wood. The biomass industry is continues to flow to the OSB mills in Ontario and the also buying the eight-foot lengths that used to go for sawmills in Minnesota. Manitoba’s Forestry Branch staff firewood. are working on a new Peat Land Strategy, which will In Quebec, the provincial government is concerned likely divert attention away from woodlot issues in a about maintaining local supplies in the face of demands department that is already feeling the impact of for wood from outside its borders. Maine and New significant downsizing.

September/October 2014 5 A clean-up harvest of a storm-damaged woodlot — making the best of a bad situation

By Bob Austman the damaged wood and finding somewhere to sell it. Two years ago, my woodlot was heavily damaged by a That storm in October, 2012 in southeastern Manitoba devastating October snowstorm, but it was nearly broke many records, including being the earliest, heavy impossible to get a contractor interested in harvesting all dump of snow in the last fifty years. The storm walloped the downed and snapped trees. Then, this summer, Paul the southeast corner of the province, knocking out hydro Eberly of Eberly Forestry out of Barwick, Ontario set up to thousands of families, and damaging thousands of a bush camp on an adjacent, private quarter-section he had just purchased. A quick visit with Paul in July confirmed that he and his crew could start working on my damaged woodlot early in September, when they would be about halfway through their own harvest of White Poplar and Green Ash that had grown to maturity. By ten o’clock the first morning, about twenty cords of wood on my land had been bunched and laid down by the Tigercat. Harvest was finally underway. The main objective of the harvest was to clean up the damaged Jack Pine. Although the Jack Pine stands in our woodlot were approaching the mature stage, the storm damage forced us to act quickly. If left in its damaged state, the stands could become infested with insects. The damage also presented an extreme fire hazard, with tonnes of tinder-dry tops and branches on the ground. I dreaded every lightning storm in the area. My biggest problem was finding someone to take out

Above, the heavy snowfall from the storm in October 2012 snapped the tops off the trees in Austman’s woodlot near Piney, and left a pile of debris on the forest floor.

Photos by Bob Austman

Left, Edna Aytona-Austman, co- owner of the family woodlot, smiles atop a pile of freshly harvested poplar logs during a break in the harvest.

6 The Manitoba Woodlot hectares of the dominant Jack Pine and Red Pine forest. By November of that year, the province was scrambling to figure out what to do with all that damaged wood on Crown Land. The solution? Cut stumpage rates the province normally charges to quota holders by fifty percent. The result? A drop in the price contractors were willing to pay for wood on private land, and a shortage of contractors willing to work in smaller, private woodlots when all that Crown wood was available for next to nothing. For the next eighteen months, contractors worked on Crown Land in the southeast, mainly in Sandilands Provincial Forest. A lot of the Crown wood was harvested and processed by South East Forest Products in Blumenort at their mill just north of Steinbach. Some wood went to mills in Ontario. During those eighteen long months, very few contractors were available to work on private land. I was fortunate when Paul Eberly moved in next door. Carl, Eberly’s operator, proved to be very efficient, and was instrumental in carrying out the harvest with great attention to detail. The stumps were cut very low, down to about an inch or two in most cases, which takes extra time and effort on the operator’s part. Once Carl bunched up enough trees, he then took over skidding duties. The Tigercat was the perfect machine for the harvest. It was narrow enough to fit The Tigercat single-grip creeps down the trail down the trails, and the tracked pads left minimal to the first cut block as the harvest got underway on damage to the soil. September 3, 2014. It helped a great deal with the harvest that I already had a woodlot management plan from the Manitoba Forestry Association in effect. Paul Eberly was very supportive of my management plan. From our first meeting, I got the sense that he understood my needs, and he had some very good tips to minimize damage at the landings. As a bonus, he helped find a market for some of the good saw logs, which were shipped to Minnesota. The best saw logs were sent to Rino Ouellet in St. Labre, Manitoba. Rino is a carpenter, and he prefers to mill his own logs. He produces flooring, siding, cabinets, and other products in his workshop. He has a good eye for saw logs, and he jumped at the chance to come down to the landing to have a look at some of the larger ones. With Paul’s help, we used the to pick out and The contractor, Eberly Forestry, ensured that all stumps separate the best saw logs, and cut them to 16-foot were cut as low as possible—within an inch or two of the lengths. forest floor as indicated by the pen inserted beside the stump. Continued on page 8 September/October 2014 7 White poplar harvested from one of the ten landings created during harvest. As usual, the older poplars had some centre rot, but not enough to make them un-merchantable.

Continued from page 7 out only the damaged Jack Pine, leaving the healthy ones While laying out the cut blocks, with assistance from intact. the MFA technician, we had come across a few stands of • Staying within the flagged-out cut blocks. At no time White Poplar that were reaching the “mature to over- did they ever go past the flags in the cut blocks. mature” stage. Prices for White Poplar had been • Minimizing soil damage from compaction. No work hovering around $9 per standing cord; so when Paul was done during periods of rain. informed me that the OSB mill in Barwick was looking • Minimizing damage to adjacent farm fields. All trucks for poplar and willing to pay more than twice that and machinery crawled along the field edges, leaving no amount, we flagged out the mature poplar stands and ruts or compacted soil. went to work. • Leaving select overmature trees as ‘snags’ for wildlife. As soon as the wood was skidded to the landing, Paul • Making use of all merchantable wood. There simply took over duties on the slasher, cutting the logs into 100- was no waste during the harvest. The small number of inch lengths for transport. The tops left behind will make tops left behind at the landing will be sold to firewood good firewood. customers. It was very important to me that the harvest followed Overall, the harvest took place quickly and efficiently. Best Management Practices. Working with Carl and Paul Paul and his employees were on time every day. Their on a daily basis gave me a chance to review the day’s equipment is modern, and the operators treat it like it was operational procedures with them. They gladly answered their own. He and his staff understand the importance of all my questions, and showed that they cared about the a management plan, and are willing to sit down with the woodlot by addressing all of my concerns which were: landowner to discuss their wants and needs. I would • Leaving all trails undisturbed. highly recommend Eberly Forestry to do custom work in • Leaving minimal damage at the landing sites (all ten your woodlot when the time comes for harvest. of them). In anticipation of the new forest, I’ve already done a • Minimizing damage to undergrowth. This they did by test planting of 400 White Spruce seedlings in the Poplar “reaching in” the stand with the Feller Buncher to take cut blocks, just to add a bit of biodiversity. I know that

8 The Manitoba Woodlot Contractor Paul Eberly loads one of his trucks with poplar for transport to the Ainsworth OSB mill in Barwick, Ontario.

come next spring, the poplars will sucker out quickly, and should hit the normal density of about 10-thousand stems per hectare. From an operational perspective, the pine cones have been mixed into the soil during the harvest process, which should ensure an excellent start for the new Jack Pine stands. White-tailed deer have already been entering the cutover poplar stands to feed on some of the downed shrubs such as hazel and alder. It is very encouraging to see that the death of several stands need not be the end of the road for the woodlot. I’m already excited to see the new growth next spring, and look forward to seeing the deer and ruffed grouse respond to their new habitat. The next step? The new growth will be monitored as it comes in. If there are issues with spotty germination, we will order seedlings from the Manitoba Forestry Association for infill planting. We will also thin out the saplings, if needed, so that the site does not become overstocked. Too much competition does not promote healthy growth. Finally, we will sit back in awe and watch as Mother Nature helps grow a new forest after a major Woodlot owner Bob Austman stands in his Red Pine disturbance. Hopefully, we can grow old together. plantation planted in 2009. He hopes that the growth rate for the new Jack Pines will be just as good.

September/October 2014 9 MB government doubles biomass research funding

The Manitoba government announced in August 2014 Why become a member of WAM? that it has doubled the Biomass Energy Support Program funding to $1-million, with the additional $500-thousand As a member you will be promoting active of new funding targeted to applied research projects that will support the growth of the biomass industry. stewardship of Manitoba’s privately owned The new funding will be directed to applied research woodlands, woodlots and family forests. You projects that address gaps or identify opportunities for will also receive a great deal, including: business and technology development in the biomass sector. Priority will be given to projects with short —A bi-monthly newsletter, complete with up- turnaround times that support Manitoba’s coal-reduction to-date information of upcoming events, strategy, and project results will be shared with current woodlot/forestry/conservation issues, producers, processors and other stakeholders. The existing $500-thousand grant program continues to and wood products/services available in your be available for capital upgrade projects. Provincial area. The Manitoba Woodlot newsletter can be funding can be used for up to half the cost of projects that mailed to a Canadian address or accessible on- help convert heating systems from coal to biomass or line to members only in advance of being made expand biomass manufacturing operations, to a maximum available to the public. On-line access saves of $50-thousand. Eligible biomass fuels include: WAM the costs for postage and printing, and • agricultural residue members can view the newsletter in colour. • forestry residues such as wood chips or salvaged View past issues of The Manitoba Woodlot at timber; and • biomass crops such as switchgrass, willow and poplar. woodlotmanitoba.com/newsletter. Since the program started in 2012, the Manitoba government has directed over $1.1-million to 38 projects. —Special members-only rates for events and These projects have reduced the amount of coal used by workshops. over 7,000 tonnes and greenhouse-gas emissions by over 10,000 tonnes annually. —Opportunities to participate in field days, Manitoba has committed to use coal and petroleum demonstrations, conferences, workshops and coke (petcoke) tax revenues to help coal users convert to biomass. These grants also support the goals of meetings on topics related to woodlot Manitoba’s bio-products strategy, which includes management. encouraging the development of value-added processing in rural and northern Manitoba’s agriculture and forestry —Free classified ads in The Manitoba Woodlot. sectors.

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10 The Manitoba Woodlot Leaf ID app available Membership Application for 2014 If you want to identify a tree species quickly using your cellphone, there’s now an app for that. Membership fee 2014 $30.00 Using many of the same techniques developed for ‪Renewal fee 2014 $30.00 facial recognition software, researchers from Columbia University, the University of Maryland and the Smithsonian Institution are developing an electronic Name field guide for identifying trees called Leafsnap. Mailing Address Using the free app for iPhones, iPads and Androids, you can snap a picture of a leaf, fruit, petiole, seed or Email tree bark, and Leafsnap will provide the identification for you. Telephone According to its developers, “Leafsnap turns users into citizen scientists, automatically sharing images, I am particularly interested in the following: species identifications, and geo-coded stamps of species locations with a community of scientists who will use ‪Firewood and biomass energy the stream of data to map and monitor the ebb and flow of flora nationwide.” ‪Wildlife habitat enhancement For now, Leafsnap covers trees in the Northeast ‪Soil and water conservation United States, but it will soon grow to include the trees ‪Land stewardship of the entire continental United States. As part of this ‪Recreation, eco-tourism effort, the Smithsonian contracted the not-for-profit nature photography group Finding Species, which ‪Wood products, , sawmills collected and photographed the high-quality photos Specialty or non-traditional products available in the apps and the website. (i.e., berries, mushrooms, maple syrup) For more information on Leafsnap or to view the ‪Christmas trees species photos online, go to leafsnap.com. ‪All of the above

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EQUIPMENT FOR SALE buncher ($200,000.00). Used drum roll SAWLOGS WANTED Nyle 200 Kiln complete with controls band saw sharpener ($250.00). All types Interested in purchasing any type of saw and two fans, $2500. Call Len at 204- of saw blade sharpening equipment. 592 log you have available. Contact Roger in 423-2180. Talbot Ave., Winnipeg. Contact Norm at Roseile at (204) 828-3386. Dr. Saw (204) 667-6373 or see Moulder/Planer, 4-headed. Over www.drsaw.ca. FIREWOOD LOGS WANTED $9,000.00 in tooling (v joint, flooring, 6 Wanted: Firewood logs delivered and different casing knives, etc.). Blower EQUIPMENT WANTED unloaded in Stony Mountain area. 16' long unit, electrical, 2004 cat, generator, Sawmill equipment and saw blades any or longer, tamarack preferred but open to 60kw. Knives and profiles included. In size, shape and condition. If you want to other species. Ideally 16" at stump end but excellent condition. Buyer could be set sell/buy logs, lumber and sawmill will accept 8" to 20" at stump end. Contact up and running in one day. Asking equipment, we can provide you with Clint at 204-453-7788 or $30,000.00. Call (807) 344-7514. contacts. 592 Talbot Ave., Winnipeg. [email protected]. Cash or Contact Norm at Dr. Saw (204) 667- business cheque paid per load. 1999 Model LT 40 Wood-Mizer 6373 or see www.drsaw.ca. Sawmill. Includes 33 HP Kubota diesel LUMBER FOR SALE motor, power feed, power up/down, SERVICES Timber Quota 41 cords softwood annual debarker, auto clutch, shingle maker, Manitoba . Elm, ash, maple allowable cut $4500. Call Len at 204-423- and lapsider, Lubemizer. Cuts to 36” custom cutting with Wood-Mizer mill. 2180. diameter, 21’ long; with bed extension Bob Gass, McCreary, (204) 835-2631. up to 27’. Comes on . Excellent lumber: oak, ash and condition. Asking $18,900.00. Saw blade repair/sharpening. We roll, basswood. Air dried. Various sizes and Telephone (204) 429-2135. tension, straighten and balance saw prices. Contact Roger in Roseile at (204) blades (instead of hammering). All types 828-3386. All sizes of slasher, sawmill and cord of saw blades and sharpened. Weld wood new blades. Resharpening used all types of carbide tip (Slasher MISC. FOR SALE 22”/42”/48”/50” sawmill blades and 26” and Feller Buncher teeth). 592 Talbot Two cases of mesh tree guards, with 500 cord wood blades. Skate sharpener, Ave., Winnipeg. Contact Norm at Dr. per box. Price 20-cents per guard. Contact chipper, blower, debarker, planer, Saw (204) 667-6373 or see Barry at 204-423-2273. circular sawmill, bandsaw mill, feller www.drsaw.ca. Classified ads are free for WAM members.

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