Loading...
The Rural Voice, 2004-09, Page 38THEY'LL REALLY MOVE YOU The all-new MULETM 3000 Series Specialized utility vehicles built extra tough to take on your kind of world. Kawasaki GEORGIAN POWER SPORTS DURHAM, ONTARIO Hwy. 6, just south of Durham Kawasaki (519) 369-3594 ►'► LI 111*i 11. i 11110 1:101 4.4_. ► [ki. 1:J[ QUALITY • REPUTATION HONESTY • VALUE CANADA'S #1 SELLING STAINLESS STEEL OUTDOOR FURNACE `GREEN ALLEY 1-800-261-0531 34 THE RURAL VOICE making up for two years without vacations." However, the IPM committee won't be far from their minds. They are taking 20 members with them. With a chuckle, Pearl says, "No meetings though, just fun."0 Woodlot tour will show effects of management decisions Farming is about more than just harvesting a crop or raising livestock, it is about managing the land and the woodlot tour featured at IPM 2004 near Meaford in Grey County will focus on that aspect of farm life. Two unique woodlots back onto the IPM site, just behind the trailer park, says committee chair Joe Watson. Though both are hard maple forests, the management styles were different and they are in different stages of regeneration. "(Good management) can improve the quality and provide a good income for farmers," says Watson, especially with the difficulties in the farming industry over the past few years. "Farmers can use it as a crop in poor years. It is cash in the bank." Relatively new to the IPM, the woodlots tours have been supported by the Grey County Forest Stewardship Network, Bruce Resource Stewardship Network, Grey Sauble Conservation Authority, the Grey Bruce Woodlot Association, Wiley Forestry Services and Land and Forest Consulting. The 45 -minute tours led by professionals in the industry will be leaving from Gate 3. The times are expected to be 10 a.m., 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. The committee has also co- ordinated the location of all agencies concerned with conservation and management of resources in one tent so that visitors may more easily find information of interest.0