Webinar: Plantation Management Best Practices

The Kemptville Winter Woodlot Conference puts together special forest themed presentations each Wednesday at noon throughout the month of February. All presentations are virtual and free to attend.

Register to receive the Zoom link. Links will be distributed in a reminder email 1-2 days prior to the presentation. Presentations may be subject to change. 

Plantation Management Best Practices: Steve Hunter RPF and Martin Streit RPF

Wednesday, February 5, 2025 from 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EST

Professional Foresters Steve Hunter (Larose Forest) and Martin Streit (Lanark County Community Forest) will share their experiences and recommend best management practices for managing forest plantations.

Martin Streit:

Martin is a Registered Professional Forester who has worked for thirty-nine years in eastern Ontario and upstate New York. He retired from the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry in 2019 and also worked with Domtar in Cornwall for 10 years.

Martin is the Forestry Specialist for Forests Canada(formally Forests Ontario) and coordinates the delivery of the Ontario Tree Marking program. He also has his own business and provides forestry services to an Ottawa Valley Sawmill, three community forests and several private landowners. He has been a long-standing supporter of the Eastern Ontario Model Forest, the Ontario Woodlot Association, and Forests Ontario. Martin and his wife Penny own a 96-acre forested property in Dundas County.

Steve Hunter:

Steve Hunter is a Registered Professional Forester with the United Counties of Prescott and Russell. Steve strives to balance multiple social, economic, environmental and cultural benefits through the implementation of forest management and silviculture in Larose Forest, an 11,000-ha community forest located approximately 30 minutes east of Ottawa. He is a graduate of the University of New Brunswick, and his forestry journey has taken him from New Brunswick, to northern Manitoba, Algonquin Provincial Park, the Ottawa Valley, and ultimately eastern Ontario. Steve can most often be found (or not) cutting wood, working wood, or exploring the woods.