Wisdom in the Woods Harvesting sap in the city By Sheilla Jones Winnipeg resident Derrick Finch is tapping birch trees for syrup, but unlike most tree tappers, he’s harvesting sap in the city instead of the country. “It’s a bit of a cheesy pun,” said Finch, “but urban trees are an untapped resource.” Finch tapped a dozen trees in his St. Boniface neighbourhood this spring, down from twenty trees last year. “It’s a lot of work. In an urban setting, you have to walk or drive to all your trees to check on them.” Finch said this is his third year tapping, and he’s experimenting with developing a costeffective evaporation system. It takes 40 litres of maple sap to make one litre of syrup, but producing a single litre of birch syrup requires boiling down 100 litres of birch sap. For the time being, Finch said that he is collecting sap for his own use, and experimenting this year with making birch sap beer. But he can also see the potential for an urban sap market. “If there could be a bunch of people tapping trees around the city and selling it to a central buyer, you could create an urban sap harvesting business.” Finch said his partner Ellen CobbFriesen studied syrup making in 2013 with instructor Ken Fosty at a workshop offered by the Manitoba Forestry Derrick Finch displays a jar of birch syrup from last year's harvest of local birch sap in Winnipeg, some from this 50old birch in a neighbour's yard in St. Boniface that Association, and has shared he's tapped again this spring. what she learned with him.
• MFA's Year in Review, pages 67 • Harvesting ostrich fiddleheads, pages 89
March/April 2015 1 ttttttttt Taking on ticks
Woodlot Association of Manitoba in the woods Board of Directors 2015/2016 Duct tape has many uses, including taping closed the socks you’ve pulled up over the legs of your pants to keep President: Irene de Graaf, Narol, (204) 6612068 out wood ticks. It works, although experience shows that you need to wrap the tape around several times to make a [email protected] secure seal. VicePresident: Louise Matthewson, Gimili Spring is tick season, and anyone walking through the SecretaryTreasurer: bush and grassy headlands needs to be mindful that Allan Webb, Stonewall (204) 4678648 millions of hungry ticks are lying in wait for a warm [email protected] blooded creature to walk by. Past President: Len Riding Scientists who study the behaviour of ticks note that they Directors: tend to congregate in clusters on grass stalks or leaf tips at a height of about 0.51 metre so they can more easily latch •Mike James, Winnipeg, Beaconia onto a passing deer or human. •Bob Austman, Beausejour Dr. Bill Samuel, a noted Canadian specialist on moose •Tom Dykstra, Balmoral ticks, says that ticks can feel you coming. They can detect •Bruce MacLeod, Winnipeg carbon dioxide from the breath of a moose (or a human) •Clint Pinder, Stony Mountain from about 20 metres (50 feet). They can also detect •Chris Matthewson, Oakbank ground vibrations from someone walking by. Samuel notes •Silvia Chiaramellow, Thalberg that ticks lying in wait in the grass will link their legs together to form a chain, and when a tick manages to The Manitoba Woodlot is published six times annually as a attach itself to its new food source, it brings a whole chain service to the membership of the Woodlot Association of of companions along with it. Manitoba (WAM). The best defence against ticks, says Elizabeth Gleim, a WAM seeks to promote an understanding of sustainable USA forestry researcher and tick specialist, is being woodlot management, increase income and employment vigilant. potential for the woodlot sector, promote the use of woodlot “The numberone thing is to perform prompt, careful full body checks after a visit into the forest. While preventative products in the place of nonrenewable and imported products, measures such as wearing insect repellents with DEET or and develop human resources in woodlot management. permethrin are wise, chances are some ticks will get past WAM represents the interests of our members within the these defenses. The good news for most tickborne Canadian Federation of Woodlot Owners (CFWO). The pathogens is that it takes a tick several hours to transmit a CFWO makes those interests known to forestry ministers at pathogen. If you can remove the tick in that time, you'll be both levels of government. safe.” WAM also has a representative to the Manitoba Model Wearing onepiece coveralls out in the bush helps reduce Forest, another organization that promotes sustainable entry points for ticks. Duct tape can certainly help as a management of Manitoba’s wooded areas. deterrent, but it’s not foolproof. WAM is a nonprofit 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 CIF AGM set for Kenora in Fall and is open to all members in good standing. The 107th Annual Canadian Institute of Forestry AGM & Conference will be hosted by the Lake of the Woods THE MANITOBA WOODLOT Section in Kenora, Ontario from September 1417, 2015. Editor: Sheilla Jones This year’s theme is “Sharing the Forest”. Email: [email protected] A preconference tour will be travelling from Winnipeg Website: woodlotmanitoba.com to Kenora on Monday September 14th, and a post conference tour will be travelling from Kenora to Thunder Bay on Friday September 18th and Saturday Woodlot Association of Manitoba September 19th. 900 Corydon Ave., Winnipeg, MB R3M 0Y4 Registration fee is $495.00. For more details, go online to www.cififc.org/events/2015cifagmconference. 2 The Manitoba Woodlot CFWO Report: A few bright California suffering from spots for woodlot owners massive forest dieoff By Bob Austman, CFWO Manitoba Chair Softwood lumber agreement back in the news Millions of trees in California’s national forests have The Canadian Softwood Lumber Agreement is set died from the state’s fouryear drought that has left trees to expire in October, adding to the uncertainty in the vulnerable to bark beetle infestations. marketplace. Lawyers on both sides are building their The US Forest Service estimates that about 12.5 cases. Americans want to charge extra duty on million trees have died in the current drought, adding to imported Canadian lumber, arguing that our low the fuel for potential explosive wildfires. Aerial surveys stumpage rates amount to an unfair subsidy. This reveal nearly a million acres of dead trees in the massive could create a tariff on exports of Canadian lumber, dieoff. making us less competitive against domestic The last time California saw a comparable mass dieoff American lumber. was in the 1970s, when an estimated 14million trees CFS to study benefits of woodlots died due to drought conditions. The Canadian Forest Service has begun an Drought isn’t the only threat to California’s forest. extensive probe into the economic and social benefits Bark beetles thrive in warm, dry conditions, and the of woodlots to the national economy. This will droughtweakened trees are vulnerable to beetle hopefully lead to policies that support woodlot infestations that damage the inner bark. The number of owners for the excellent work they do managing their beetlekilled trees, says the Forest Service, has doubled private woodlots, and perhaps some recognition of in the past year. the environmental goods and services they provide, Californians regularly deal with wildfires, but officials such as biodiversity, oxygen production, and carbon say this will be a particularly dangerous year. There have storage. been 850 wildfires in the state so far this year, which is a Provincial finances taking a toll 70 percent increase from the average. An extreme winter in Eastern Canada, especially in the Maritimes, left a record snowpack on the ground this spring. To add to the misery, ice jams affected many rivers, causing localized flooding. There will a prolonged ‘mud season’, making it difficult for landowners and contractors to harvest woodlots. Tight budgets in Quebec and Nova Scotia have led to reduced funding for silviculture programs. The bottom line here is that fewer trees will be planted, and fewer woodlots will receive thinning work, meaning reduced net growth of our future forest resource. In Alberta, a massive deficit is being predicted, leading to layoffs in all natural resource sectors. Provincial forestry staff and other public servants will be affected. CIF AGM set for Kenora in Fall On the bright side… Overall there is an improvement in prices of roundwood delivered to mills. Increased demand in the U.S. is driving the increase, due in part to a weak Canadian dollar. In Manitoba, woodlot owners continue to face a lack of markets, with only two large mills remaining—Tolko in The Pas, and Louisiana Pacific in Swan River. However, the market for firewood is very strong, and dealers are looking for wood on a yearround basis. Until next time, happy woodlotting. Stay safe in the woods!
March/April 2015 3 Meet WAM's newest board member: Sivlia Chiaramello My husband Italo Ferrarese and I have a nice farm with cultivated land, woodlot quarter and bush nearby a forest, on sandy land near Thalberg, which is about 40 km north of Beausejour. We had many projects with regard to the wooded part of our property, but also due to our age we have not done many innovations or exploited the bush. Silvia Chiaramello is We discovered the Woodlot Association of Manitoba a the newest addition few years ago, and we have tried to keep an update of all to the WAM board. the possibilities that a woodlot could offer and how to She joins the slate of exploit and improve our bush, attending meetings, officers from last participating in some WAM activities. year, who were all re We have recently contacted the Manitoba Forestry elected at WAM's Association, to get suggestions and advice on how to use AGM in Winnipeg in our woodlot. March, 2015. Before buying our farm in St. Clements Muncipality, we owned a Limousin breeding ranch near Lake Dauphin. Christmas tree activity. We also tried seabuckthorn My husband and I had immigrated to Canada from Italy production, attending seminars and contacting agriculture in 1985, and we wanted to change our style of life to live experts in this field. We planted seabuckthorn, but we more in the wild. found that our land was not suitable and the project was Our new life on the ranch was very hard work, and after abandoned. thirteen years, we sold and moved to Thalberg. I have been working as a translator in Winnipeg, but We planted more than 4thousand Scots pines for a now I will have more time to dedicate to WAM.
4 The Manitoba Woodlot Part II Birch trees for the prairies: Cultivars and culture By Philip Ronald, PhD Jeffries Nurseries Birch trees are perhaps one of the best recognized trees in the prairie landscape. Part I introduced a number of prairiehardy birch selections. In Part II, we will discuss more selections, as well as optimal cultural techniques that promote longevity of birch trees in the landscape.
EUROPEAN WHITE BIRCH – Betula pendula Cutleaf Weeping Birch is a graceful weeping tree with attractive white bark and delicate cutleaf foliage. The crown shape is narrowly oval with slender branches possessing cascading tips. With its chalkwhite bark and weeping form, Cutleaf Weeping is a standout in any landscape. However, its high level of susceptibility to bronze birch borer limits the lifespan of this tree in many areas. The largest specimens are often found in locales with cooler summers and where extra moisture is available. Mature size is 40’ x 25’ (12m x 8m).
RIVER BIRCH – Betula nigra River Birch is a popular tree in warmer zones due to its shaggy, copperbronze bark and natural immunity to bronze birch borer. However, American cultivars such as ‘Heritage’ lack sufficient cold hardiness to be used in the prairies. Northern Tribute® is an outstanding river birch cultivar from Dr. Herman’s breeding program at North Dakota State University. Selected in zone 3 conditions (Dickinson, North Dakota), it is believed that Northern Tribute® will stand up against the stressful prairie environment, including cold winter temperatures and alkaline soils. Mature size is 40’ x 30’ (12m x 9m). Presently being increased by tissue culture, it is hoped that Northern Tribute® will be available in the nursery Northern Tribute birch tree trade in three to four years. Eastern and northern exposures often provide ground BIRCH TREE CULTURE shade from the intense, afternoon sun. The culture of birch trees has been greatly Most birch species have shallow roots and are very misunderstood, with many homeowners failing to susceptible to dry conditions, even for a short period of recognize the link between overall tree health and pest time. Sufficient watering is probably the most important resistance. Although well adapted in their native habitat, factor in maintaining a healthy birch tree. During periods birch trees in the landscape are often stressed by factors of limited precipitation, a slow (23 hours), deep (818 such as deficient moisture, excessive heat and poor soil inches) watering once per week is required to maintain types. Birch trees should be planted in landscape sites adequate soil moisture. Applying wood mulch 23 inches where the soil will remain cool and moist, but where the deep over the tree's root system will also help to tree’s canopy will receive full sunshine most of the day. Continued on page 11
March/April 2015 5 Manitoba Forestry Association’s Private Land Resource Planning Program The 20142015 Year in Review
Manitoba Forestry Association Resource Extension Officers also participated in conferences and educational events to provide education The 20142015 fiscal year for the Manitoba Forestry to the public and students about the importance of forests Association was a transitional one, as the MFA and sustainable forest management. unfortunately lost two great employees, its two Resource Within the past year, the PLRP staff participated in the Extension Officers working in the Private Land following educational events: the delivery of a Canadian Resource Planning (PLRP) program. Institute of Forestry ELecture about the MFA’s PLRP The MFA said goodbye to its longtime employee, program, which was broadcast to forestry professionals Andrea Kraayveld, as she moved onto a new adventure. and practitioners throughout Canada, and the delivery of Kevin Barkman, the MFA’s other Resource Extension a forestry workshop at the annual Harvest Moon Eco Officer also left the organization for a new opportunity. Challenge in Clearwater, MB for grade 7 and 8 students. To replace the loss of them, in the early summer the Conferences included: the annual Manitoba MFA hired two new Resource Extension Officers, Conservation Districts Association conference in Kristen Malec and Tatiana Moroz. Since their start at the Brandon, and the Manitoba Environmental Industries MFA, they have been busy meeting landowners and Career Expo at the University of Winnipeg. At each of members of partner organizations, and being trained on the events the MFA hosted a booth, and in addition to the Private Land Resource Planning program. that at the career expo a tree identification workshop was Since then, PLRP has been in full swing. There has held for all participants. These events provided Kristen been high demand from landowners (this includes and Tatiana the opportunity to share information about private individuals, school groups, and organizations) for the MFA’s PLRP program, meet landowners and Resource Management Plans offered through the MFA’s conservation district members from within the province, PLRP program. as well as share information with students about the In addition to Resource Management Plan delivery, the forest industry.
Partnering with other organizations Partnerships with likeminded organizations are very important to the MFA, and through the PLRP program the MFA has been working with several organizations on various projects. The MFA has been working with the Woodlot Association of Manitoba, and a science consultant who works with schools in northern Manitoba, to develop an online learning module based on WAM’s WoodWise 101 workshops. The intent is to provide a selfpaced online training course on how to properly source, store and utilize firewood for heating purposes. In addition, the resource extension officers contributed various
6 The Manitoba Woodlot Winter slopes on the Manitoba Escarpment in southcentral Manitoba , where MFA is working with conservation districts on erosion prevention. articles to WAM’s newsletter. the importance of trees and environmental stewardship. Kristen and Tatiana’s work with the Manitoba Christmas Tree Growers Association (MCTGA) last year Spring activities involved the development of a new website for the Activities within the PLRP program include the MFA’s association. With this knowledge, they developed and annual Seedling Sales distribution, which was held this delivered a presentation to the MCTGA on how to create year on May 79, with a tree planting workshop for the Facebook pages and inexpensive (but professional RM of Piney in late May, and participation in the looking) websites, and how to use them to market their Regional and Provincial Envirothon events this April and Christmas tree farms. May. The MFA has been working with Manitoba Habitat Kristen and Tatiana’s work in the Sustainable Slopes, Heritage Corporation, the Pembina Valley Conservation and the Planting for the Future programs will continue, District, and the RM of Thompson since 2013 on a as will their work with the MFA’s partner organizations, project titled “Sustainable Slopes”. The purpose of this WAM and MCTGA. project is to educate landowners on the benefits of Of course, they will be delivering Resource maintaining tree cover on erodible landscapes. Management Plans to private woodlot owners in The target area of the project is along the Manitoba Manitoba throughout the year. Escarpment in the southcentral area of Manitoba in the If you would like additional information about the RMs of Stanley, Thompson, Pembina, and Lorne. This MFA’s Private Land Resource Planning program, contact area is quite hilly and its slopes are prone to erosion. The Kristen and Tatiana. See the ads on these pages for MFA’s role is to provide Resource Management Plans for contact information. landowners within the project area, to ensure sustainable and appropriate management of their woodlots in these sensitive areas. This project runs until April of 2016. The MFA is in the midst of its tenyear partnership with Qualico Homes in the “Planting for the Future” program. In September, the MFA coordinated the planting of 10,000 white spruce seedlings in the community of Vassar through this program. In addition to this, during National Forestry Week, the MFA and Qualico Homes planted trees in Ste. Agathe with grade 5 & 6 Winnipeg inner city students from Machray School, and grade 5 & 6 students from Ste. Agathe. This was all in the spirit of educating kids about
March/April 2015 7 Harvesting ostrich fiddleheads in woodlots
Fiddleheads have been a staple spring vegetable in the Maritimes for hundreds of years, but they are gaining in popularity across North America. Harvesting ostrich ferns or planting new ferns on your woodlot can be a great source of income in the spring, as fiddleheads can sell for $5 to $15 per pound.
Story by Williams Stolz, Ontario Nature
Eat these fiddleheads
Left, the distinctive feathershaped fronds of an ostrich fern. Right, edible ostrich fiddleheads ready to harvest.
The ostrich fern can be found growing in the wild all across Canada, including Manitoba, and there are even commercial fiddlehead farms popping up in Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes. The ostrich fern Matteuccia struthiopteris is one of spring’s early risers. Named after the Ancient Greek "struthio" meaning ostrich and "pterion" meaning wing, the name refers to the large, featherlike shape of the fern. The curled crosiers that emerge in the spring are fittingly called fiddleheads.
Finding fiddleheads Ostrich ferns are most commonly found under canopies of hardwoods such as ash or maple near rivers or streambeds. They prefer little mid or understorey cover with adequate drainage and moisture. Although ostrich ferns are found near water, they do not like excessive moisture where they are constantly wet. Ostrich ferns grow best in shade or dappled sunlight, and are usually found in soils with a moderate amount of organic matter, Photo credits a pH of 57, and in sandy or silt loams with not too much clay. Above: Amanda Trnkowczy, NC Fiddleheads emerge in the spring, covered in a paperybrown Above right: Victor Crich chaff, from a black clump called a crown.
8 The Manitoba Woodlot The ostrich fern can be confused with the bracken fern. The two are similar in appearance, but you can distinguish between them if you know what to look for. Don't eat these Ostrich ferns usually have 68 fronds emerging from a fiddleheads! single crown, while the bracken has only one. The ostrich frond has a celerylike, Ushaped groove in its single stem and a featherlike appearance, while the bracken frond Right, the bracken divides into three branches that are almost triangular in fiddlehead is not appearance. It is important to be able to correctly identify ostrich ferns edible. Below, the because some species, like bracken fern, are known to be triangularshaped carcinogenic. fronds of a bracken fern that set it apart Harvesting fiddleheads Fiddleheads are best picked from late April to early June, from an ostrich fern. from the time they emerge until the stem is 15 cm tall. Fiddleheads should be picked only when still tightly coiled, and the short stem can be eaten as well. When harvesting, it is recommended that you take less than half from any one crown to ensure a sustainable harvest. Harvesting more than half the fiddleheads from a crown can harm the plant, and even kill it. If there are fewer than four fiddleheads on a crown, they should not be harvested. It means the plant is either too young or is stunted. Harvesting can be done by snapping the fiddleheads or cutting with a knife. Care should be taken when cutting not to damage any of the remaining fiddleheads. To remove the papery covering, it is best to rub it off with your hands or use a fan to winnow the covering while lightly tossing the fiddleheads. Clean containers should be used to collect fiddleheads and only potable water should be used during cleaning; do not use water from rivers or streams. Refrigerate as soon as possible to ensure freshness.
Storing harvested fiddleheads Fiddleheads can be refrigerated for approximately two weeks. Since the harvesting season is only a few weeks long, many people freeze fiddleheads to enjoy them year round. When freezing fiddleheads, a simple blanching will suffice. Boil cleaned fiddleheads for two minutes, pour out Photo credits Continued on page 10 Above, top: Colin Avison, NC Above: Homer Edward Price
March/April 2015 9 Preparing and cooking
Why become a member of WAM? ostrich fiddleheads Continued from page 9 As a member you will be promoting active stewardship of Manitoba’s privately owned leftover water, then cool the fiddleheads in icecold water. Remove from the water, dry and then package woodlands, woodlots and family forests. You fiddleheads in freezer or vacuumsealed bags. will also receive a great deal, including: Fiddleheads can be stored in the freezer for up to one year. —A bimonthly newsletter, complete with up todate information of upcoming events, current Care in cooking fiddleheads woodlot/forestry/conservation issues, and wood Although there have been cases of food poisoning products/services available in your area. The from eating raw fiddleheads, the exact cause of illness is still unknown. Because of this, Health Canada has Manitoba Woodlot newsletter can be mailed to released specific guidelines for proper handling and a Canadian address or accessible online to cooking. members only in advance of being made There are two ways Health Canada recommends available to the public. Online access saves cooking fiddleheads: boiling or steaming. To boil them, WAM the costs for postage and printing, and fill a pot with a generous amount of water and bring it to members can view the newsletter in colour. a boil. The water can be lightly salted if you so choose. View past issues of The Manitoba Woodlot at Add the fiddleheads and bring the water back to a boil woodlotmanitoba.com/newsletter. and cook for 15 minutes. Discard the leftover water. To steam fiddleheads, bring water to a boil in a pan. Using a steam basket, add the fiddleheads and steam for —Special membersonly rates for events and 1012 minutes until they are tender. Again, discard the workshops. water. Do not sauté, stir fry or microwave fiddleheads. If a —Opportunities to participate in field days, recipe calls for such cooking methods, boil or steam the demonstrations, conferences, workshops and fiddleheads first. meetings on topics related to woodlot Fiddleheads can be added to almost any recipe that calls for vegetables. A common way to eat them is to add management. butter, lemon juice and garlic. —Free classified ads in The Manitoba Woodlot.
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10 The Manitoba Woodlot Membership Application for 2015 Promoting longevity of □Membership fee 2015 $30.00 Renewal fee 2015 $30.00 birch trees Continued from page 5 Name Mailing Address conserve soil moisture and further protect the root system from excessive heat and evaporation. Wood mulch also reduces soil compaction which often proves Email damaging to the tree’s shallow, delicate root system. Telephone The bronze birch borer (Agrilus anxius) is a lethal insect pest on numerous birch species. In the prairies, I am particularly interested in the following: this insect is most often observed on Cutleaf Weeping and Paper Birch, especially those trees growing in clay soils or weakened by drought. The larvae of bronze Firewood and biomass energy birch borer feed on living phloem tissue under the bark, Wildlife habitat enhancement forming a network of tunnels that eventually girdle the Soil and water conservation stem and kill the tree. Early symptoms include thinning and dieback at the top of the tree’s canopy. The decline Land stewardship of a birch tree may be reversed in the early stages of Recreation, ecotourism attack, but recovery is unlikely when more than half of Wood products, logging, sawmills the tree’s crown is damaged. Bronze birch borers are Specialty or nontraditional products generally unsuccessful in attacks on healthy trees, (i.e., berries, mushrooms, maple syrup) highlighting the need for proactive care to promote overall tree health. Christmas trees The pruning of birch trees should be avoided unless All of the above absolutely necessary. Most birch will bleed sap if pruned in spring or fall, so any pruning should be done Would you like to receive your copy of The in summer. However, fresh pruning wounds attract migrating adult bronze birch borers looking for Manitoba Woodlot via email? opportunities to lay clusters of eggs in bark crevices. Yes No Adults of this insect pest are active from June to August in most of Canada. In addition, excessive pruning (more Do you require a receipt? Yes No than 25 percent of the canopy) increases the penetration (WAM provides receipts only upon request.) of sunlight to the root zone resulting in increased soil temperature and reduced moisture levels. In conclusion, a birch tree can be challenging to Thank you for becoming involved and for maintain as a healthy, longlived specimen in the urban supporting Manitoba’s privately owned landscape. However, proper cultivar selection combined woodlands, woodlots and family forests. with intelligent placement will have a major impact on the future success of the tree. An effort to duplicate the cool, moist, noncompacted soil conditions found in a Mail to: birch tree’s natural habitat will be rewarded with healthy, Woodlot Association of Manitoba pestfree trees in the landscape. The ornamental features c/o Allan Webb, SecretaryTreasurer of our coldhardy birch species including bark Box 43 characteristics and attractive, columnar forms are too numerous for us to ignore this unique genus. Stonewall, MB R0C 2Z0
Part I appeared in Issue #108 of The Manitoba You can signup online by going to Woodlot. You can read it online by going to woodlotmanitoba.com/aboutus/membership. woodlotmanitoba.com/newsletter.
March/April 2015 11 Publications Mail Agreement No. 41591026 Return undeliverable Canadian addressed copies to: Woodlot Association of Manitoba 900 Corydon Ave., Winnipeg, MB R3M 0Y4
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 4232180. Talbot Ave., Winnipeg. Contact Norm at Roseile at (204) 8283386. Dr. Saw (204) 6676373 or see Moulder/Planer, 4headed. 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 2044537788 or $30,000.00. Call (807) 3447514. 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 WoodMizer 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, and Manitoba hardwoods. Elm, ash, maple allowable cut $4500. Call Len at 204423 lapsider, Lubemizer. Cuts to 36” custom cutting with WoodMizer mill. 2180. diameter, 21’ long; with bed extension up Bob Gass, McCreary, (204) 8352631. to 27’. Comes on wheels. Excellent Hardwood lumber: oak, ash and condition. Asking $18,900.00. Telephone Saw blade repair/sharpening. We roll, basswood. Air dried. Various sizes and (204) 4292135. tension, straighten and balance saw prices. Contact Roger in Roseile at (204) blades (instead of hammering). All types 8283386. All sizes of slasher, sawmill and cord of saw blades and tools sharpened. Weld wood new blades. Resharpening used all types of carbide tip saws (Slasher and MISC. FOR SALE 22”/42”/48”/50” sawmill blades and 26” Feller Buncher teeth). 592 Talbot Ave., Two cases of mesh tree guards, with 500 cord wood blades. Skate sharpener, Winnipeg. Contact Norm at Dr. Saw per box. Price 20cents per guard. Contact chipper, blower, debarker, planer, (204) 6676373 or see www.drsaw.ca. Barry at 2044232273. circular sawmill, bandsaw mill, feller
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